Stuffed Calamari Tubes

STUFFED CALAMARI TUBES with SWEET CHILLI

Ingredients for the stuffing

2 Tbls (15ml) oil

1 Onion

1 tsp (5ml) crushed garlic

1 small red chilli pepper, chopped finely
1 cup rice

1 cup white wine

1 cup vegetable stock
1 Tbls (15ml) tomato paste

1 tin (400g) diced tomato

1 tsp (5ml) mixed dried herbs

Pinch cayenne pepper

1/2 tsp (2.5ml) Turmeric

salt and pepper to taste

Ingredients for the tubes

1kg small calamari tubes

Olive oil
60ml sweet chilli sauce

Method for stuffing
- Fry onions in oil until translucent,
- add garlic and chilli
- Stir in rice
- slowly add the white wine, and vegetable stock, stirring gradually from time to time for about 10 minutes.
- add in the rest of the ingredients.
- cook over low heat until the moisture has been absorbed by the rice. (about another 10 minutes)
- allow to cool
Putting it all together
- Carefully spoon the rice mixture into the calamari tubes (I find a knife works well for this)
- Close the top of the calamari tube by 'threading'a toothpick through the tube.
- pour over a healthy amount of sweet chilli sauce
- heat some olive in a frying pan
- fry in small batches over a hot pan for a few minutes at a time (about 5 minutes), until the calamari is cooked (no longer translucent)

Tips:
- Just add the broken tubes and tentacles to the mix, they can get fried up with the rest of the "perfect'tubes.
- Wonderful as a classy finger snack at a braai - done on a flat plate over the coals.

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