brenton 637 Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 Here's a recipe for pickled squid that i use for pickling all the left over bits such as the flaps and tentacles.Its easy as but the squid takes a little bit of preparation before you start.First up i like to freeze the squid so you can pickle it when you want and also it breaks up the structure of the squid to make it more tender.Then i like to peel the skin off the flaps and chop up the tentacles(even the bit behind the head is tasty).Now to make up the brew here's what you need white vinegar 1 litre lemon juice a decent splash crushed garlic 1 teaspoon chilli 1 teaspoon 1 bottle of praise italian dressing black pepper mixed italian herbs 1 teaspoon now put all of it in a saucepan and bring to the boil and chuck in your first batch of squid bits and bring back to the boil for 1 minute and then remove the squid,if you have anymore chuck that in and do the same etc etc this adds flavour to the brew as well as blanching the squid. now chop up the squid into bits This is "important" you must let the pickling mixture cool right down or it will overcook your squid when cool chuck the squid in jars and pour the mixture over the top put in the fridge and resist the temptation to sample your squid for 4 days then get stuck in,you can add more chilli or pepper etc but don't use salt or it will toughen your squid.......Enjoy Seeseacol, Dylbaa, lofty64 and 10 others 13 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
seagypsy 1,182 Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 Nice work Brenton, looks great. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Seeseacol 381 Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 OK, next time I get some Squid I'm gonna try this out Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Poppa Snake 1,399 Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 Thanx brenton. Will be giving this a try soon minus the stinking garlic. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
brenton 637 Posted February 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 Ahhh,i couldn't help myself but i'm putting it down as testing the product. cheers b Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hoopsy 697 Posted February 20, 2016 Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 gonna give this a crack cheers mate looks and sounds choice Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Underpants 1,543 Posted February 20, 2016 Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 Thanx brenton. Will be giving this a try soon minus the stinking garlic. No garlic??? Food of the gods !!!! O2Catch1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Poppa Snake 1,399 Posted February 20, 2016 Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 Thanx brenton. Will be giving this a try soon minus the stinking garlic. No garlic??? Food of the gods !!!! so you don't like the taste of food? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
clark 57 Posted February 21, 2016 Report Share Posted February 21, 2016 yep love the sound of this and will be giving it a go with my next batch of squid and I think ill even chuck a couple of tubes in as well as flaps and tenticles Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sunovabeach 46 Posted August 10, 2017 Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 Playing with all the above receipts to work out which I like the best but running out of jars. Has anyone tried keeping pickled squid in sealed plastic containers? Is there an issue with storing in plastic containers? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
brenton 637 Posted August 10, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 nope i keep any that is excess in sealed plastic containers all the time,i eat these first though cheers b Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bloodworm 165 Posted August 10, 2017 Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 With Spring in the air and summer BBQ's around the corner will have to give this a try. Have all the ingredients apart from the squid but I can fix that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Perthsworst 2 Posted November 3, 2017 Report Share Posted November 3, 2017 I'm late to the party, but how much squid do ya reckon goes per recipe? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
victoria 0 Posted March 21, 2019 Report Share Posted March 21, 2019 anyone else tried this yet ?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wornout 5 Posted March 23, 2019 Report Share Posted March 23, 2019 I make a similar brew......... but instead of using the Italian Dressing....... I use salt water, vinegar, honey, lemon & lime juice and a bit of ginger and peppercorns. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
victoria 0 Posted March 23, 2019 Report Share Posted March 23, 2019 wow, that sounds interesting - will give that a go also - made Brenton's but made up the italian dressing from scratch and it was pretty dammed good. bit of honey and ginger could be a go - thanks worn-out. I have quite a bit from the last trip so keen to get it pickled. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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