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maltatoday | SUNDAY • 19 NOVEMBER 2023 12 RECIPE CROSSWORD ACROSS 1) Start of a drill instructor's count 4) Crowd around noisily 7) Converted liberal, informally 13) Name among boxing legends 14) Cookies 'n Cream cookie 16) Climber's task 17) Geneticist's letters 18) Blow to the kidney, perhaps 20) Trousers of yore 22) Some old Ford models 23) Korean Peninsula capital 24) It's mightier than the sword? 25) "Bali ___ " (Song in "South Pacific") 26) Sleuth, slangily 28) Large silvery fish 31) Something to raise 34) Disassembler 38) July 3, for one 39) It will waste the boss' time 42) Do-say connection 43) Where Eugene may he seen 44) Auto door defect 45) Smooth and glossy 47) ESPN reporter Paolantonio 49) Bit of work in physics class 50) Moral slip 53) Major airline 57) Cube designer Rubik 59) Assembly hall 61) Novelty dance of the 50's 63) Old sylla ble meaning "before" 64) Martha's Vineyard, in the summer 65) Dryer collection 66) Card game that ends in a shout 67) "Chico and the Man" setting, briefly 68) Fleur-de-___ 69) What boring things never seem to do DOWN 1) Some wedding music providers 2) Radii companions 3) Percussion instrument, really 4) Team selfesteem 5) Mouthy? 6) Form of jazz 7) N.L. East squad 8) Mysterious power 9) Concerned with pupils? 10) Atari game named for an arthropod 11 ) How many oldies get rereleased 12) Unspecified degrees, in math 15 ) Instrument to which an or- chestra tunes 19) Travel-guide listing 21) One in a class by himself? 25) High on the Mohs scale 27) Spicy sauce 28) Target of much advertising 29) Appliance with a timer 30) Well-groomed 31) Cries of surprise 32) "Houston, we have a problem" recipient 33) Property of a cliche 35) Highlands "huh-uh" 36) Archaeological site 37) Yoko of the music world 40) Deep bell sound 41) Gentleman of leisure? 46) Short story collection by Isaac Asimov 48) Accepts, as a resolution 50) Yellow blazer 51) Country poem 52) Nothing, in Latin 54) Feudal figure 55) Famous shroud's locale 56) "FoxTrot" cartoonist Bill 57) To be, in France 58) Large, flightless bird 59) Rectangular pilaster 60) Novelist Morrison 62) Web address, briefly F Solution to last week's crossword The answers to today's crossword will be published in next week's Midweek edition Weather Windy Visibility Good Wind Northwest by West winds force 4 to 5, becoming forcr 5 to 6 TODAY TOMORROW Crossword WEATHER WINDY WINDY 22 / 17 0 22 0 / 16 0 FEELS LIKE 23 0 FEELS LIKE 22 0 Pan fried crispy octopus on a bed of roasted red bell pepper chutney 1. To prepare the stock, place all the vegetables in a pot of cold water and bring to boil. 2. Immerse the octopus in pot, reduce heat and simmer. Cooking it quickly will result in a rubbery texture. 3. Let octopus rest in the court bouillon for about 30 minutes. 4. Once the octopus it's ready, remove the body from tentacles, and keep the head to make a beautiful pasta dish. 5. In a hot non- stick pan, add the olive oil, fry the garlic and cook the octopus until nice and crispy. 6. Squeeze the lemon juice, add the cherry tomatoes, capers, some lemon zest and parsley. 7. When almost ready, add a touch of butter, deglaze with white wine and let it reduce by half. Check the seasoning. 8. In a nice serving plate, add the sweet bell pepper chutney in the middle and serve the octopus on top. INGREDIENTS METHOD For the octopus • 2 kg octopus • 3 tbsp olive oil • 3 cloves of garlic chopped • 1 tsp lemon zest • 6 cherry toma- toes • 2 tsp capers, unsalted • Lemon • thyme For the stock • 2 litre water • 500ml white wine • 250g white leek • 1 lemon • 2 Bay leaves • 4 whole cloves • 1 sprig parsley • 500g onions • 500g carrots • 250 fennel • 2 tbsp rock salt (preferably pink salt) For the creamy red bell pepper chutney • 3 red bell pep- per, roasted • 4 cloves of garlic • 12 fresh Bay leaves • 4 anchovy fillets • 500ml natural yogurt • 3 tsp olive • Oil, salt and pepper to taste. To garnish • 2 tsp Seberian caviar • 12 black berries • salt and pepper to taste By Chef Raymond Fauzza