Roasted octopus salad with chilli mayonnaise – recipe by Michel Roux Jr - Decanter

Ingredients

• 1 egg yolk
• 1 tsp. Dijon mustard
• Juice of half a lemon
• 250ml sunflower / vegetable oil
• 1 tbsp. sweet chilli sauce
• A pinch of salt and pepper
• 3 small gem lettuce hearts
• 2 green chillies (or baby green peppers)
• 250g new potatoes
• ½ a cup of water
• 2 large spring onions cut in half
• 1 thinly sliced spring onion
• 1 1/2 tbsp. butter
• 4 tbsp. olive oil
• 1 whole octopus (approx. 2 kg) it will reduce considerably in size once cooked
• 1 roughly chopped carrot
• 1 roughly chopped white onion
• 1 bay leaf
• 4 peppercorns
• 1 tbsp. rock salt