Derby Trail Cook Book

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Here's one that is a staple on Christmas Eve in many Italian homes.
It's very good.

Stuffed Calamari (Squid)
Ingredients
12 squid tubes, approximately 1-1/2-inch diameter (see note)
1 bell pepper, finely chopped
3 stalks celery, finely chopped
5 green onions, finely chopped
10 cloves fresh garlic, minced
1/2 pound shrimp meat, chopped
1/2 pound crabmeat, chopped (see note)
Juice of 1/2 lemon
2 tbsp olive oil
2 cans (16 ounces each) tomato sauce
1/3 cup cooking sherry
2 tsp thyme
1 tsp each oregano, basil, garlic salt, crushed bay leaves and black pepper
1 pound linguine, cooked and drained


Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Rinse squid and pat dry. Mix together bell pepper, celery, onions and garlic. Add 1/3 of mixture to shrimp and crabmeat with lemon juice. Stuff this mixture into the squid tubes and place them in a 9 x 15-inch baking dish. Heat oil in large skillet and saute remaining pepper, celery, onion and garlic mixture. Add remaining ingredients and simmer 10 to 15 minutes. Pour this sauce over the stuffed squid tubes and bake for 20 minutes. Serve over bed of linguine. (Be sure to have some garlic bread to soak up the sauce.)

Yield: 6 servings