Mount Athos Octopus Stew

Wash the mussels and the rice well. Put the finely chopped onions and the oil in the pot and sauté them over low heat. When they get browned, add the peppers and then the rice. Mix twice to three times without adding any water. Add the water later, preferably warm. You should be very careful with the amount of water because the success of the recipe depends on the proportion of water and rice. That is, we use one part of rice and two and a half parts of water.

We heat the milk. We mix the sugar with the salep, we add this mixture to the milk and let it boil in a low temperature. We mix it continuously so that it won’t get stuck on the pot. As soon as it is well boiled, we remove it from the stovetop. When it is cold enough, we mix the mixture again and put it in the fridge. After 20 minutes, we sprinkle it with the grated cooking chocolate and the ground caramelized almond kernel.

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