Octopus & Courgette

The trick here is to know how to make octopus carpaccio, for which there are many recipes. The main thing is to compress the octopus in a tightly-wrapped cellophane and refrigerate. Once cool, the naturally-occurring gelatin will make it easy to slice on a machine slicer. Kind of need to get one!

octopus
best quality courgette
EVOO
dried chile
lemon
maldon sea salt

1. prepare courgette; slice length-wise and quickly blanch; drizzle with EVOO, lemon and salt
2. slice courgette finely on machine slicer, then break up or cut into smaller pieces
3. mix octopus with courgette, season with salt and chili