Calamari Rings

This is really a full-flavour dish... Very poor in calories but substantial . You may serve it as a main course or as a sauce for short pasta, the best type of pasta for this dish is Paccheri.  





INGREDIENTS:
Servings: 2

600g calamari rings
handful of black olives
couple pinches of capers
8 cherry tomatoes
2 garlic cloves
1/4 lemon 
OR
50ml white wine 
salt
chilli
oregano 
EVO oil

1. Remove the bones from the olives. If the olives are soft you may just press them gently to separate the bones from the meat and then it will come out by itself.
2. Cut tomatoes into halves or if they are quite big into quarters.
 
3. In a large bowl marinate calamari rings with either 1tbs of lemon juice or same quantity of white wine for 5 minutes.
4. Add tomatoes, olives and capers. Season with some salt and oregano. You may also add some lemon peel for flavour.

5. In a frying pan heat some EVO oil and add garlic cloves cut into halves and chilli to taste.

6. Add calamari with other ingredients and cook for 5 minutes. 
 7. There will be too much sauce , so drain calamari with a skimmer and put them in a bowl in which you will serve them.

8. Reduce the sauce in the pan for about 5  minute.  
9. Add the sauce to the bowl with calamari to season. 

Note: In case you want to use the dish as a sauce for pasta, cook any short type of pasta, like Penne, Farfalle, Tortiglioni, Rigatoni... But the best one for the dish is Paccheri. 
In this case the quantities of Ingredients will become for four people. 
Mix calamari with pasta and serve without cheese. 
 

  Buon Appetito!!!