Recipe - Squid Stuffed With Ricotta And Spinach

8 lg Squid (about 2 pounds)
1 Mediumsized onion, minced
1 Garlic clove, minced
2 tablespoon Olive oil
1 tablespoon Unsalted butter
One half pound Fresh spinach, trimmed of
stems and washed, or 1/2
package frozen,
Thawed
2/3 pound Ricotta
1 Egg
1 tablespoon Chopped Italian parsley
leaves
Coarse salt and freshly
ground pepper to taste
One half cup Dry white wine
2 cup Canned Italian tomatoes
1 Lemon, quartered

SQUID STUFFED WITH RICOTTA AND SPINACH

Do not overstuff the squid or they may split while they cook. Rice and
braised

fennel go well with this dish.

1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Clean the squid and chop the
tentacles finely. Set them aside.

2. Saute the onion and the garlic in 1 tablespoon of the olive oil and the
butter until the onion is soft. Add the tentacles and cook for 2 minutes.
Add

the spinach and saute, stirring, until it has wilted. Drain off any extra
liquid and cool the spinach.

3. In a mixing bowl, combine the ricotta, egg, parsley, and the cooled
spinach

mixture. Mix thoroughly and season with salt, pepper, and hot pepper
flakes.

4. Stuff the mixture loosely into the squid and close the openings
securely with a toothpick.

5. Use the remaining tablespoon of olive oil to grease a rectangular
baking dish large enough to hold the squid comfortably in one layer.
Arrange the squid in the dish and add the wine and tomatoes. Season with
salt, pepper and more hot pepper flakes, if you wish.

6. Bake for 40 to 45 minutes, or until the squid is tender and the sauce
has thickened. If there is too much sauce, raise the oven temperature and
allow the liquid to reduce. If there is too little, add more white wine.
Serve the squid with lemon quarters.

Yield: 4 servings.

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