… Greek-style Couscous Salad
This is one I have been looking forward too. I like squid. I like chorizo. I don’t eat squid enough. I eat too much chorizo. I actually don’t think I’ve ever cooked squid. You wouldn’t know this from the authoritative way I answered question about how you should cook squid that either my brother or Gavin asked me during the cooking process. I think this is because I have read about cooking squid and watched it cooked on TV so many times I actually think I’m an expert at cooking squid. I’m not. But nevertheless it turns out pretty good.
I have to say I’m not sure that this recipe is in the right order. You prepare the squid very early on in the process but its not cooked till much later on. After the squid is prepared you cut up the chorizo, then the peppers get them all cooking and on later, quite a bit later, the Squid goes in.
I had a few issues with this one. First, all the stuff that goes in the food processor to chop up which will end up in the couscous did not chop well at all. It took far too long and far too much messing around with having to move it all around with a spatula and the re-food process. Second when you fry peppers quite a bit of water comes out of them before the start to fry properly. Now at this point I have already spent quite a bit of time preparing my squid and not actually doing any cooking. By the time I have to add the squid I’m not convinced that the chorizo and peppers have cooked enough. It’s all just a bit watery. I’m not really frying things. I knew I was in trouble because the recipe tells me to add the peppers and then after four minutes add the squid. When you are only putting the peppers in with four minutes to spare you know you’re in trouble because there is no time for the finishing off, plating up etc.
In the end it does take quite a bit of time over the fifteen minutes.
Nevertheless the meal tastes great. The portion size is just right. It’s a meal for four and only three of us are eating. After we have all eaten our fill there is exactly ¼ left.
By the way it’s my birthday today … I’m old …
Who with: Gordy and Gav
How long: Nineteen minutes and twenty five seconds
