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Octopus Recipe with Mastic Mastic

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Octopus Recipe with Mastic Mastic
SERVES HOW MANY
for 1 person
PREPARATION TIME
20 minutes
COOKING TIME
20 minutes

Meze & Meze Terrace also fascinates with the "Octopus with Gum Mastic" service, the most special of the appetizers, which has been the chef's specialty since 2004, and the mastic gum comes from the Chios Island.

Photo: Müjde Cross

 
Ingredients for Mastic Octopus Recipe
  • 120 grams of octopus (from the arm part)
  • 1/2 tablespoon butter
  • 2 cloves of garlic
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt

For the sauce:

  • 1 piece (0.5 gram) of mastic gum
  • 1 glass of water
  • 1 tablespoon raw cream
  • 1 sprig of fresh thyme

For service:

  • 1 teaspoon of mint

How to Make Octopus Recipe with Mastic Mastic?

  • Chop the meaty octopus, using the arm part, into julienne shapes. Chop the garlic finely. Heat the butter in a pan.
  • Sauté chopped octopus with garlic and salt.
  • For the mastic sauce; Boil the mastic gum with water in a separate place.
  • When the mastic gum melts completely, add the sauce you prepared, little by little, to the sautéed octopus and continue the cooking process.
  • Warm the raw cream with the boiling mastic sauce and add it little by little. Lower the heat and continue cooking for 2 minutes.
  • Serve the octopus with mastic gum on a serving plate hot, with the addition of mint, without waiting. Share with your loved ones.