Baked Squid with Cheese

Ingredients:

1 kilo fresh squid,

For the filling:

2 tomatoes, quartered and seeded

2 tablespoons olive oil

1 garlic clove, crushed

1 teaspoon dried basil

Salt and pepper to taste

200 grams roasted Greek Florina peppers,

2 lemons, peeled and chopped

200 grams plain fresh bread crumbs

150 grams Greek graviera cheese, diced

For the pan:

1 tablespoon sugar

1 kilo potatoes, peeled, sliced into rounds

1 large onion, sliced

2 tomatoes, chopped

4 star anise

2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil

½ tablespoon of sugar

2 garlic cloves, chopped

Olive oil

Chicken broth

Pour the quartered tomatoes with olive oil, garlic, basil, salt and pepper and cook in a shallow pan for about 40 minutes.

Cut the Florina peppers lengthwise into thin strips. Combine the roasted tomatoes, Florina peppers, breadcrumbs, half the chopped lemon, chopped squid tentacles, graviera, salt, and pepper to make the filling and set aside.

Layer the cleaned potatoes, onion, tomatoes , remaining lemon, star anise, basil, sugar, garlic olive oil, salt, pepper and a little broth, enough to come about halfway up the vegetables, on the bottom of a pan. Fill the squid with the stuffing, leaving about 1 1/2 cm space at the top. Secure closed with toothpicks. Place over the vegetables.

This is a difficult dish but the taste is enormous! You can serve them both cold or warm as they are equally delicious.