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The best octopus in Portugal comes from Santa Luzia, a small village near Tavira in the Algarve. They call the octopus capital.
The shores of Santa Luzia are full of small shrimp that attract the octopi. Old-time fishermen lay clay pots called “alcatruz” in the water. The octopi cuddle in these pots to sleep and get caught when the pots are removed from the water. Younger fishermen don’t like to wait for the mollusks to fall asleep, so they prefer to use a “covo,” a plastic trap with a sardine inside.
There are many ways to prepare octopus including carpaccio, stewed, fried, and roasted. We have octopus form Portugal available in our freezers.
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