Name: Pulpo a LA Gallega
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 1 pound Octopus (we Used Baby Octopus), Pre-frozen, Thawed And Cleaned; ½ cups Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Divided; 3 Tablespoons Spanish Paprika Powder, Divided; 1 Tablespoon Cayenne Powder; 8 Coarse Sea Salt And Pepper, To Taste; 3 cloves Fingerling Potatoes, Cut In Half; 8 Garlic, Sliced Roughly

Pulpo a LA Gallega

The quintessential Spanish tapa: Pulpo a la Gallega is Galicia’s signature dish. A very simple recipe and a mouthwatering, delicious preparation of octopus. It’s just as good as an afternoon snack as an appetizer before a larger meal. If you’ve never tried octopus, this is a great way to start!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients

Why it works: Olive and garlic are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and 23,449 recipes mention both. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Pulpo a LA Gallega

Serves 2

Prep10 min

Cook1 hr 15 min

Ingredients

1 pound Octopus (we Used Baby Octopus), Pre-frozen, Thawed And Cleaned
½ cups Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Divided
3 Tablespoons Spanish Paprika Powder, Divided
1 Tablespoon Cayenne Powder
8 Coarse Sea Salt And Pepper, To Taste
3 cloves Fingerling Potatoes, Cut In Half
8 Garlic, Sliced Roughly

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By tastykitchen. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

Olive + garlictop 3% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together23,449 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Potato + garlictop 3% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together4,512 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Pepper + clovetop 3% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together13,144 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).
Olive + potatotop 4% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together5,688 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).
Pepper + potatotop 5% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together8,303 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Flavor stand-ins for the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, pepper, potato, garlic):

Rosemarybetter flavor fit
Parsleybetter flavor fit
Thymebetter flavor fit
Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, pepper, potato, garlic. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).

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