Lori's Squid With Chocolate Sauce

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 1/2 lbs squid
• 1 lb boneless lamb loin (cubed)
• olive oil (as needed)
• 3 onions (minced)
• 5 garlic cloves (minced)
• 1 tablespoon parsley (minced)
• 1/2 cup breadcrumbs (toasted)
• 1/2 cup pine nuts (toasted)
• salt
• fresh cracked pepper (to taste)
• 2 cups dashi
• 1 cup sake
• 1/2 cup pine nuts (toasted)
• 1 cup almonds (slivered, toasted)
• 4 ounces 70% dark chocolate (chopped)
• 1 dash ground cinnamon
• 1 dash almond extract
• 4 slices bread (crusts removed)
• canola oil (as needed)

Recipe

• 1 clean squid. place tentacles in a food processor. chop rest. set aside.
• 2 to processor add lamb. grind well.
• 3 heat 3/4 of an inch of olive oil in a skillet.
• 4 add the onion, garlic, parsley and breadcrumbs. saute 4 minutes.
• 5 add squid/lamb mix and the pine nuts, salt and pepper. saute 5 minutes.
• 6 drain. let cool.
• 7 to pan add the dashi and sake. reduce by half.
• 8 add the nuts, chocolate, cinnamon, almond extract and bread. puree.
• 9 heat oven 350.
• 10 place chopped squid meat in a sprayed 9x13. top with lamb mix, then puree.
• 11 bake 30 minutes.