INGREDIENTS

DIFFICULTY: MEDIUM          PREP. TIME: 30 MIN          COOKING TIME: 30 MIN          SERVINGS: 4          COST: MEDIUM

1 POUND SQUID CUT IN SMALL PEACES, KEEP THE PARTS YOU DISCARDED BUT NOT THE INTERIOR

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1 SQUID INK SAC, BE CAREFUL THE INK WILL STAIN HANDS AND CLOTHES

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1 POUND (500 gr.) WHITE RICE

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4 SHALLOTS FINELY CHOPPED

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2 GARLIC CLOVES CUT IN HALF

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CRUSHED RED PEPPER TO TASTE

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1/2 CUP WHITE WINE

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1 TBLSPOON TOMATO PASTE

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5 TBLSPOONS EXTRA VERGIN OLIVE OIL

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1 TBLSPOON CHOPPED PARSLEY

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SALT TO TASTE

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RECIPE

PLACE THE DISCARDED PEACES OF SQUID IN A FOUR QUART SAUCE PAN WITH WATER AND SALT. BRING TO BOIL.

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ADD 2 TBLSPOONS OF WARM WATER TO THE INK AND STIRR. BE CAREFUL THE INK WILL STAIN HANDS AND CLOTHES. SET ASIDE. 

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IN A LARGE SAUCEPAN PUT THE OLIVE OIL, GARLIC, SHALLOTS AND RED PEPPER. PLACE OVER MEDIUM HEAT AND SAUTE'

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WHEN THE SHALLOTS ANR GOLDEN ADD THE WHITE WINE

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ADD THE TOMATO PASTE

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TAKE OUT THE GARLIC

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ADD THE SQUID, STIRR AND COOK VERY LITTLE, JUST E FEW MINUTES

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ADD THE RICE, STIRR, COOK A FEW MINUTES. START TO ADD THE BOILING WATER, TWO LADELS AT A TIME, LET EVAPORATE AFTER EACH ADDITION

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WHEN THE RICE IS ALMOST COOKED ADD THE INK. MAKE SURE THE RICE ISN'T TOO DRY BECAUSE THE INK WILL TIGHTEN IT.

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STIRR PARSLEY IN THE RICE. BEFORE SERVING LET THE RICE STAND A FEW MINUTES. SERVE WARM. BE CAREFUL, THE INK WILL STAIN HANDS AND CLOTHES!!

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