Best 5 Stuffed Squid Newfoundland Recipes

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In the vibrant tapestry of culinary traditions, stuffed squid stands out as an emblematic dish, embodying the essence of Newfoundland's rich seafood heritage. This delicacy, often referred to as "Stuffed Squid Newfoundland Style," is a symphony of flavors and textures that delights the palate with every bite.

Multiple recipes grace this article, each offering unique variations on this classic dish. The "Newfoundland Stuffed Squid" recipe showcases a traditional approach, where tender squid tubes are filled with a savory stuffing of pork, bread crumbs, onions, and spices, then simmered in a flavorful tomato sauce. The "Fried Stuffed Squid" recipe presents a crispy twist, where the stuffed squid is coated in a light batter and fried to golden perfection.

For those seeking a more modern interpretation, the "Baked Stuffed Squid" recipe utilizes a succulent filling of shrimp, crab, and vegetables, enveloped in tender squid and baked in a delicate white wine sauce. The "Grilled Stuffed Squid" recipe, on the other hand, tantalizes with its smoky aroma, as the stuffed squid is grilled to perfection, infusing it with a delightful charred flavor.

Whether you prefer the traditional simmered approach, the crispy fried texture, the elegant baked version, or the smoky grilled delight, this article provides a comprehensive guide to crafting this iconic Newfoundland dish. Embark on a culinary journey and discover the diverse flavors and techniques that make stuffed squid a cherished delicacy.

Here are our top 5 tried and tested recipes!

SQUID STUFFED SQUID



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Provided by Alton Brown

Categories     main-dish

Time 1h15m

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 13

1 tablespoon olive oil
1/4 cup finely chopped onion
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1 clove garlic, finely minced
8 to 10 whole squid (about 3 to 5 inches each)
2 ounces raw shrimp
1/4 cup fresh bread crumbs
2 tablespoons finely chopped tomato
2 teaspoon lemon zest
2 teaspoon finely chopped fresh ginger
1 teaspoon chopped fresh parsley leaves
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
2 cups prepared tomato or spaghetti sauce

Steps:

  • Preheat an oven to 375 degrees F.
  • Heat the olive oil in a medium saute pan over medium heat until shimmering. Add the onions and salt and sweat until the onions turn translucent, about 1 to 2 minutes. Do not brown. Add the garlic and continue to cook for another minute. Transfer the mixture to a medium mixing bowl and set aside to cool.
  • Clean the squid thoroughly and remove the heads from the tentacles and discard the heads. Turn the tubes inside out (since the outside skin tends to curl outward, it'll hold the stuffing better inside out), put into a bowl and set in the refrigerator until ready to use. Place the tentacles and the shrimp into the bowl of a food processor and pulse 6 to 8 times or until there are no large pieces visible. Do not process until smooth. Transfer to the mixing bowl along with the onions and garlic. Add the bread crumbs, tomato, lemon zest, ginger, parsley and pepper. Stir to combine well.
  • Place the mixture into a resealable freezer bag and snip 1 corner. You may use a pastry bag with a tip just small enough to fit into the end of the tubes. Pipe the stuffing into the tubes, dividing the mixture evenly between them. Do not over-stuff.
  • Place the tubes into an 8 by 11-inch glass baking dish and cover with the tomato sauce. Cover tightly with aluminum foil and bake for 30 minutes. Serve immediately.

ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS STUFFED CALAMARI



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Calamari tubes are stuffed with seafood and baked in a rich cream sauce before serving over a bed of linguine. This is probably the best calamari, if not the best entree, you'll ever have!

Provided by UNREFINEDNERD

Categories     World Cuisine Recipes     European     Italian

Time 40m

Yield 6

Number Of Ingredients 14

12 calamari tubes
2 green onions, finely chopped
8 cloves garlic, minced, divided
½ pound chopped cooked shrimp meat
½ pound cooked crabmeat, diced
1 tablespoon lemon juice
¾ cup butter
12 ounces cream cheese, cut into cubes
2 cloves garlic, minced
3 cups milk
10 ounces freshly grated Parmesan cheese
1 pinch ground black pepper
¾ cup freshly grated Romano cheese
1 (8 ounce) package linguine pasta

Steps:

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Rinse the calamari tubes and pat dry.
  • In a large bowl, stir together the onions, 6 cloves garlic, shrimp, crabmeat and lemon juice. Spoon some of this mixture into each squid tube and seal the ends by 'sewing' with a toothpick. Arrange in a single layer in the bottom of a 9x13-inch baking dish. Set aside.
  • Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir in cream cheese and 2 cloves garlic. Cook and stir until cream cheese has melted. Gradually whisk in the milk. Cook until heated through and then remove from the heat and stir in the Parmesan cheese and pepper. Pour over all of the calamari tubes in the baking dish. Sprinkle about 2 tablespoons of Romano cheese on top of each one.
  • Bake uncovered until the cheese is browned and sauce is bubbly. While the calamari is baking, Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add linguine pasta, and cook until al dente, about 8 minutes. Drain. Serve the stuffed calamari and sauce over a bed of linguine.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 1018.6 calories, Carbohydrate 41.7 g, Cholesterol 479.1 mg, Fat 65.6 g, Fiber 1.5 g, Protein 65.6 g, SaturatedFat 39.9 g, Sodium 1548.7 mg, Sugar 7.8 g

STUFFED SQUID



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Provided by Food Network

Categories     appetizer

Time 47m

Yield 6 servings

Number Of Ingredients 13

1 cup/250 ml bread crumbs
2 ounces/75 g spicy salami, cubed
2 ounces/75 g smoky scamorza cheese, cubed
1 cup/250 ml freshly grated Parmigiano cheese
1 whole egg
Large bunch fresh flat-leaf parsley, leaves picked and chopped
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1/4 cup/50 ml extra-virgin olive oil
3 cups/750 ml white wine
6 medium squid, cleaned
2 cloves garlic
1 chile pepper, thinly sliced
1 pound/500 g cooked linguine, optional

Steps:

  • For the stuffing: Add the bread crumbs, salami, scamorza cheese, Parmigiano cheese, an egg, 1/2 the parsley, salt, and black pepper to a bowl. Add 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil and 1/2 cup white wine. With your hands, thoroughly mix all the ingredients.
  • Gently stuff each squid with the mixture. Seal the opening with a toothpick. Continue until all the mixture is consumed.
  • In a large frying pan, heat the extra-virgin olive oil and add the garlic and the remaining parsley. Cook for about 1 minute on medium-high heat. Add the stuffed squid and cook until the meat starts changing color and becomes slightly golden. Add the wine, salt, and chile pepper. Lower the heat, cover the pan and allow the wine to reduce and thicken up. Allow to cook for 10 minutes.
  • Serve the squid with the sauce over a bed of linguine, if desired.

STUFFED SQUID SICILIAN-STYLE



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Squid (or calamari, its Italian name) can be prepared in a variety of ways - fried, braised, grilled and roasted - and all are good. In this recipe whole squid are stuffed before roasting with a bread crumb filling that contains typical Sicilian ingredients like chard, fennel, anchovy, pecorino and pine nuts.

Provided by David Tanis

Categories     dinner, lunch, finger foods, main course

Time 1h

Yield 4 to 6 servings

Number Of Ingredients 18

12 ounces chard or spinach, chopped, about 6 cups
Extra-virgin olive oil
1 large onion, finely diced, about 1 1/2 cups
2 medium fennel bulbs, finely diced, about 1 1/2 cups
Salt and pepper
3 tablespoons chopped fennel fronds
2 teaspoons ground fennel seed
4 anchovy fillets, chopped
4 garlic cloves, minced
1 teaspoon dried oregano
Pinch of crushed red pepper
1/4 cup pine nuts, lightly toasted
1 tablespoon lemon zest
3/4 cup homemade dry bread crumbs
2 ounces grated pecorino cheese, about 1/4 cup
1 1/2 pounds cleaned medium squid, with tentacles
2 tablespoons chopped parsley, for garnish
Lemon wedges, for serving

Steps:

  • Make the filling: Blanch the chard in boiling water for 1 minute, then drain and cool under running water. Squeeze chard completely dry and finely chop. Set aside.
  • Put 3 tablespoons olive oil in a large skillet or wide saucepan over medium heat. Add onion and fennel, season with salt and pepper, and cook until softened and lightly colored, about 10 minutes.
  • Add fennel fronds, fennel seed, anchovy, garlic, oregano and red pepper. Cook, stirring, for about 2 minutes more.
  • Turn off heat and transfer mixture to a mixing bowl. Add pine nuts, lemon zest, bread crumbs, cheese and reserved cooked chard. Mix well with a wooden spoon. Taste and correct seasoning.
  • Heat oven to 375 degrees. Using a teaspoon, put some filling in each squid body, taking care not to overstuff. Place stuffed squid in an earthenware baking dish in one layer. Season squid on both sides with salt and pepper and drizzle with 2 tablespoons olive oil. Season tentacles with salt and pepper and arrange them around the edge of dish (alternatively, arrange tentacles in a separate baking dish). Drizzle tentacles lightly with oil. Spoon any remaining stuffing over tentacles.
  • Roast uncovered for 15 to 20 minutes, until squid bodies are puffed, sizzling and lightly browned. If desired, run pan under the broiler for more color. Sprinkle with parsley and serve with lemon wedges. (May also be served at room temperature.) Serve each person 3 or 4 squid, with tentacles.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 305, UnsaturatedFat 8 grams, Carbohydrate 22 grams, Fat 13 grams, Fiber 4 grams, Protein 26 grams, SaturatedFat 3 grams, Sodium 602 milligrams, Sugar 4 grams

STUFFED SQUID



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For this recipe, the people of the Aeolian Islands use totani (flying squid). The recipe works just as well with squid found in the U.S. Since squid is often sold cleaned and in parts, be sure to get one set of tentacles per squid body to ensure that there will be enough stuffing.

Categories     Tomato     Sauté     Squid     Gourmet

Yield Makes 4 first-course servings

Number Of Ingredients 13

8 (5- to 6-inch-long) cleaned squid with tentacles (1 1/2 lb total), rinsed
6 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 (14- to 15-oz) can stewed tomatoes, puréed in a blender or food processor
15 fresh basil leaves
Rounded 1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1 oz finely grated aged Pecorino cheese (1/2 cup)
1/2 cup finely ground fresh bread crumbs (from an Italian loaf)
1/4 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
4 garlic cloves, minced
2 large eggs, lightly beaten
Special Equipment
8 wooden picks

Steps:

  • Finely chop tentacles. Heat 1/4 cup oil in a wide 5- to 6-quart heavy pot over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then sauté tentacles, stirring, until just cooked through, about 1 minute. Transfer with a slotted spoon to a bowl and cool.
  • Stir tomatoes into oil in pot along with basil, sea salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper and simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, 10 minutes.
  • While sauce simmers, stir together Pecorino, bread crumbs, parsley, garlic, eggs, sautéed tentacles, and remaining 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Gently stuff each squid body with a slightly rounded tablespoon of bread-crumb mixture and pat squid to distribute filling evenly. Weave a wooden pick horizontally across wide opening of each squid to seal. (During cooking, stuffing will expand and squid will shrink, forming a rounded, well-stuffed squid.)
  • Heat remaining 2 tablespoons oil in a 12-inch heavy skillet over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then sauté squid, turning over once, until browned and any liquid given off is evaporated, about 6 minutes total. Add squid to tomato sauce and simmer, covered, turning occasionally, until squid is tender, 25 to 30 minutes. Discard picks and serve squid with sauce.

Tips:

  • Choose fresh squid: Opt for plump and firm squid with clear eyes and moist skin.
  • Properly clean the squid: Thoroughly remove the ink sac, guts, and beak to ensure a clean and flavorful dish.
  • Use a variety of fillings: Experiment with different fillings such as seafood, vegetables, rice, or breadcrumbs to create a unique flavor profile.
  • Stuff the squid gently: Avoid overstuffing the squid, as it may burst during cooking.
  • Secure the opening: Use toothpicks or skewers to secure the opening of the squid, preventing the filling from spilling out.
  • Cook the squid carefully: Squid cooks quickly, so be mindful of the cooking time to avoid overcooking and rubbery texture.

Conclusion:

Stuffed squid is a versatile and delicious dish that can be enjoyed as an appetizer or main course. With its tender texture and customizable fillings, it offers endless possibilities for culinary creativity. Whether you prefer a classic seafood stuffing or a more innovative vegetarian filling, this dish is sure to impress your taste buds. So, gather your ingredients, follow the provided recipes, and embark on a culinary journey that will leave you craving more.

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