Southern Calamari
Made popular with the arrival of migrants from the Mediterranean, Southern calamari or squid has a soft, buttery flesh characterised by fresh earthy flavours that lends itself to a variety of dishes, from the traditional to the exotic.
SPICED SOUTHERN CALAMARI SALAD
BY Frederick Monaghan – The Loca-Vore Wine Bar Stirling
Ingredients
- 500g squid sliced into strips
- Poaching liquid
- 500ml water
- 100ml white wine
- 1 onion sliced
- 1 lemon cut in ½
- 2 cloves garlic
- 2 bay leaf
- ½ bulb ginger sliced
- 5 pepper corns, dash of salt
- Coriander stems
Method
- Bring all ingredients to a simmer in a pot, simmer 10 mins
- In 2 batches place squid slices into simmering poaching liquid, cook for 1 min remove and cool, cook the other ½ of squid and cool
- Mix with squid and serve garnish with lemon and a little of the mixed herbs
Serves
8
Restaurant Name
The Loca-vore Wine Bar
Restaurant Details
49 Mount Barker Rd
Stirling SA 5152
(08) 8339 4416
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Notes
The Locavore (Local-eater) is Stirling’s fantastic award winning Wine and Tapas Bar based on the principles of the “100 Mile Diet”. Wherever possible everything we serve is grown or produced within a 100 mile radius.
If not local, family farmed;
if not family farmed, organic;
if not organic, fair trade.
Nutritional benefits – Calamari (squid)
Serving size 100 g
| Calories | 90 | |
| % Daily Value* | Amount | DV % |
| Total Fat | 1.5 g | 2% |
| Saturated Fat | 0.4 g | 2% |
| Cholesterol | 263 mg | 88% |
| Sodium | 45 mg | 2% |
| Total Carbohydrate | 3 g | 1% |
| Dietary Fiber | 0 g | 0% |
| Sugar | 0 g | 0% |
| Protein | 16 g | 32% |
| Vitamin D | N/A mcg | N/A% |
| Calcium | 20.00 mg | 2% |
| Iron | 0.77 mg | 4% |
| Potassium | 0 mg | 0% |
| * The Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contribute to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice. | ||
Source: Nutrition Value Org.