1 kg fresh cuttlefish or frozen cuttlefish pieces
1 kg leeks
3 tomatoes, mashed
1 carrot, cut in pieces
A bunch of parsley
dill
Salt
Pinch of sugar
1 tea cup olive oil
orange rind
METHOD
Wash and chop the cuttlefish in pieces. Remove the backbone, the skin, the eyes and cut the tentacles in pieces. Let them drain.
If you buy frozen cuttlefish you will avoid all the previous procedure, which is tough and time consuming. Frozen cuttlefish is cleaned and cut in pieces.
Wash the leeks thoroughly and chop them in pieces. Saute leeks in a saucepan with olive oil. Add the cuttlefish and the tentacles and saute for a while. Then add tomatoes, carrot pieces, parsley, dill, orange peel, sugar and salt. Add a cup of water and simmer in low temperature until only the oil remains and cuttlefish is tender. Remove orange peel from saucepan and throw it away.