Stuffed Calamari

A little delayed, but a great dish for Christmas Eve - or any other time of year for that matter... We made these on Christmas Eve this year and it was fun to get the whole family helping!

Ingredients

• 10 Whole Cleaned Squid
• 2 Squids , chopped
• 3 cups of Breadcrumbs
• 1 tbs Parsley, diced
• 1 tbs Onion, chopped
• 1 Garlic, diced
• 3 Raw skinned and clean shrimp, chopped
• Salt
• Pepper
• Marinara Sauce

Stuffing:
Saute onion and garlic in olive oil until onion is translucent. In a large bowl, combine the onion and garlic with breadcrumbs, parsley, cracked pepper, chopped shrimp and squid. Add a touch of water if it is dry.
Spoon the stuffing in each squid about 3/4 full, as they will shrink while cooking and can pop if over stuffed. Secure each end with a tooth pick.

Marinara Sauce:
Saute 2 diced garlic cloves in olive oil with crushed red pepper (add amount of heat desired). Make sure to keep an eye on it, don't let garlic get brown - If the garlic is brown you burnt it!
Add 2 cans of crushed tomatoes and stir all together. Add 1/2 table spoons of oregano. Add salt to taste. Bring to a boil and add in stuffed calamari. Simmer for approx 20 minutes or until calamari is fully cooked, rotate the calamri after 10 minutes. Add fresh parsley on top to garnish.

Serve atop spaghetti or linguini or by itself.