Octopus Stew (Polvo Guisado) the right one Recipe - (4/5)

Ingredients

• Day 1
• 2 1/2 pounds octopus fresh or thawed eyes and mouth (hard center beak) removed
• 1 cup white or red wine
• 1 tbsp coarse salt or to taste
• 1/2 tsp ground white or black pepper or to taste
• 4 to 5 tbsp crushed red pepper paste (pimenta moida)
• 2 bay leaves
• Day 2
• 1/2 cup or olive oil as needed
• 2 medium onions, coarsely chopped
• 2 heads garlic, thinly sliced or coarsely chopped
• big handful of flat leaf parsley, chopped
• 4 medium potatoes, peeled, cut in 1 1/2-inch pieces
• cornstarch slurry(1 tbsp cornstarch with 2 tbsp water)