Seared Octopus with garlic, cherry tomatoes, and grilled bread | Umami & Us

Ingredients

• 1 lb octopus
• 1/2 bunch parsley, sliced (save the stems
• 1/2 cup red wine
• water
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 carrot, peeled and roughly chopped
• 1/2 red onion, peeled and roughly chopped
• 5 cloves garlic, 4 chopped and 1 peeled and left whole
• 2 handfuls cherry tomatoes (red and yellow), halved through the stem
• 4 slices Country Style Sourdough Bread
• 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
• red pepper flakes
• 1 lemon halved
• kosher salt
• fresh cracked black pepper