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Greek stuffed calamari Recipe

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To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have greek stuffed calamari using 11 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Greek stuffed calamari:

1. Make ready 700 g calamari tubes - thawed, cleaned and dried
2. Get 150 g streaky snipped into pieces
3. Get 1 brown onion diced
4. Make ready 3 celery stalks finely chopped
5. Get 1 tsp each onion flakes, garlic and ginger minced
6. Get 1 can chopped tomato
7. Make ready 15 g garlic tomato paste
8. Get 50 ml ouzo
9. Prepare 50 ml Greek olive oil
10. Make ready Herb flavored cream cheese
11. Prepare 3 sprigs thyme - leaves picked

Steps to make Greek stuffed calamari:

1. Clean calamari tubes really well- ensure all skin and spines removed
2. Heat some olive oil in a heavy base pan and fry onions with celery, garlic and ginger and until well done.
3. Add warm mixture to cream cheese and blend well with a fork
4. Use a small spoon to stuff calamari tubes 3/4 full and pin ends closed with a toothpick
5. In same pan heat more olive oil and gently fry stuffed calamari in small batches for 2-3 minutes each side, remove from pan
6. After all calamari is done and removed from pan, add ouzo and deglaze pan for about 3 minutes
7. Scrape off all and onion bits from the pan and add can of tomatoes and paste. Add thyme sprigs
8. Simmer uncovered for 20 minutes until sauce is nice and thick
9. Return calamari to the pan and simmer covered for a further 20 min
10. The calamari tubes will plump up in the sauce.
11. Serve with some polenta or mashed potatoes and a nice shot of ouzo
12. Enjoy and Opa!

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