Recipes from Le Tasting Room's kitchen - spicy squid stew with garlic croutons - Le Tasting Room

Ingredients

• Squid rings – about 120g per person *see note 1
• 3 tablespoons of olive oil
• I onion finely sliced
• 4 cloves of garlic (3 sliced and one finely chopped)
• 60ml or Cognac/Armagnac/Brandy for cooking *see note 2
• A finely sliced red pepper
• 2 medium tomatoes skinned and roughly chopped
• A tablespoon of tomato purée
• A long strip of pared orange peel
• A sprig of thyme
• A bay leaf
• A couple of star anise
• 180ml dry white wine
• 600ml of chicken stock *see note 3
• 250g waxy potatoes
• Mayonnaise
• Harissa
• Flat leaf parsley to serve
• Bread! *see note 4