How To Cook Calamari
Measure the body excluding the tentacles and make 5 inches or less your goal for quick cooking methods and larger for long cooked.
How to cook calamari. Tom aikens recipe calamari. If you let them cook any longer you could wind up with rubbery calamari. Flip the calamari and cook for 5 minutes longer. Cooked calamari can store in the fridge for up to 3 days.
Felicity cloake aikens marinades the squid in a mixture of garlic lemon zest rosemary and olive oil for a day before cooking. One 6 inch squid weighs about 4 ounces. Cut the calamari into 1 2 inch thick rings then dredge them in a mixture of salt pepper and parsley. I believe it was one of her favorite things she had eaten in recent years.
Use tongs to carefully remove the fried squid from the. If you want to cook calamari try making fried squid rings. 12 ounces whole squid or calamari or 6 ounces cleaned 1 standard serving. I had no idea how to cook with calamari but i found this recipe and made this for her for her 95th birthday.
Add the calamari to the boiling water or hot saute pan and let them cook for 60 to 90 seconds. Carefully drop the calamari into the hot oil and fry the rings for about a minute or until the rings turn a golden brown color. The flour dredged calamari should cook for a minute or so longer because the flour coating protects the calamari from cooking too quickly.