# Spaghetti al polpo ubriaco livornese

A delicious recipe for spaghetti with a drunken octopus sauce, featuring tender octopus cooked in red wine and tomato paste.

- Total time: 55 min
- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Dinner
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 2 meatballs octopus
- red onion
- garlic
- abundant Tuscan olive oil
- boccia Tuscan red wine
- 1 spoonful tomato paste
- little parsley
- spaghettine
- Pepper
- drop water

## Instructions

1. Cut the octopus into small pieces.
2. Chop the red onion.
3. Add garlic.
4. Caramelize the onion and garlic in abundant Tuscan olive oil in a casserole.
5. Add all the octopus to brown.
6. Cover and leave for 5 minutes.
7. Add Tuscan red wine to get the octopus drunk.
8. Stir in a spoonful of tomato paste.
9. Set the heat to minimum, plug the casserole, and leave it for 50 minutes.
10. Chop some parsley the old way.
11. After 50 minutes, add spaghettine to the sauce.
12. Add only pepper, no salt.
13. Add a drop of water if needed.
14. At the end of cooking, add parsley and a drop of olive oil.

## Equipment

- casserole

## Tips

- Do not add salt to the sauce, as the octopus already makes it salty.
- To prevent the octopus from becoming rubbery, set the heat to minimum and cook for 50 minutes.

## Source

- Original video: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNR3YCr6F/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/61d9ada6-11fb-45df-b74b-b2dc4faf48fd
- Extracted: 2026-06-16

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