(Pasta salad with octopus - Our recipes)

1 1 kg (2,2 lb) fresh octopus
6 ripe but firm tomatoes
250 g (8 1/2 oz) frozen green beans, cut into pieces
2 tablespoons dried chives
2 tablespoons dried parsley
250 g (8 1/2 oz) dried short pasta
3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
Salt

Time:
preparation: 20 minutes plus cooling time for octopus
cooking: about 90 minutes
Difficulty:
easy recipe
Nutrition Facts (amount per serving):
Calories: 502 (kCal) - 2099 (kJ)
Protein: 33.3 (g)
Total fat: 11.1 (g)
Total carbohydrate: 59.7 (g)
Sugars: 12.0 (g)

Clean the octopus and put it in salted boiling water; lower the heat and simmer, half-covered, for at least 45 minutes or until the meat is tender. Switch off the gas and let the octopus cool in the cooking liquid. At this point skin the octopus and cut it into small pieces.
Bring to the boil other salted water and add, at first, green beans and then, when the water is boiling again, the pasta too. You have to calculate exactly the cooking times for green beans and pasta very well in order the reach the right cooking at the same time. For this reason we suggest to use frozen green beans; read the instructions on the package for cooking them.
Meanwhile peel the tomatoes and chop them. Put them in a salad bowl together with octopus and aromatic herbs.
Drain pasta and green beans together very well and add to the salad. Dress with the olive oil and stir.
Chill until serving.