Stuffed Squid (Kalamarakia Yemista)
- 1 kilogram squid f medium, 10- 12 cm. in length
- 1 cup rice f glace
- 1 tablespoon sugar level f
- 1 1/2 cups olive oil
- cinnamon a little, 1/2 level teaspoonful
- 1 tomato ripe
- parsley plenty f
- 2 onions medium, raisins, optional
- salt
- pepper
- pine nuts
- Wash and clean the squid and chop the tentacles. Wash the rice and add the tentacles of the squid in the rice. Wash the rice well and put it in a bwl with the chopped squid.
- Get the olive oil ht in a deep frying-pan and put in the chopped onions. As soon as they are transparent, put in the chopped tentacles, the rice, the salt and pepper, the sugar, the cinnamon, the raisins and pine nuts (optional), and a wine-glass of water. As soon as the mixture has reduced to a thick paste, remove from the flame and add the finely-chopped parsley.
- Half-fill the body cavities of the squid with the filling, and secure the top half with a toothpick. Arrange them in the pan, add the tomato and stew gently.
- If there is any filling left over, peel a tomato, chop the flesh and add to the surplus filling with a little water and the juice of the tomato.
- Stew gently, and pour over the serving-dish with the filled squid. A tablespoonful of finely-chopped orange peel can also be added.
kilogram, rice, sugar level ubff, olive oil, cinnamon, tomato, parsley, onions, salt, pepper, nuts
Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Stuffed-Squid-_Kalamarakia-Yemista_-1676161 (may not work)