Octopus salad

Clean the octopus (or ask your fishmonger to do it for you) and wash it well.

Bring a pan of water to the boil, enough to cover the octopus, add in the quartered onion and bay leaf. When the water starts to boil, add the octopus and let simmer for approximately 45mins, check if tender using a knife or tooth pick.

While the octopus is cooking, mix together the olive oil, lemon juice, chillies, salt and pepper.

Once cooked, drain and cut the octopus into 1cm pieces, the toss with the dressing and spring onion.

Garnish with flat leaf parsley. Serve with warm bread, to soak up the dressing.