I ate a St John Bread & Wine a few months ago and possibly the best dish I had there was the wine braised cuttlefish. I could get any cuttlefish so I bought some squid. Which I marinated with garlic, lemon rind and oil over night, probably unnecessary but I did it regardless. Then I fried off some chorizo and lots of sweet red onions. When they had softened I added garlic, dried chilli, two anchovy fillets, paprika, lemon zest and juice, seasoned well with salt pepper and some sugar. Then threw in about half a bottle of red wine. I put it in the oven for about three hours on a really low heat. Added at the last minute capers and lots of parsley. The fish was cooked perfectly but I wasn’t entirely happy with the consistency of the sauce, which was still pretty watery. Next time I’ll probably leave the lid off and/or dice some potatoes. I really want the sauce to be quite sticky and dark. It was really tasty however and great with some crusty toasted bread.
I also served it with some stuffed aubergines. I halved, removed the flesh and boiled these in water for about half and hour. then stuffed then layered them in a gratin dish on top of a spicy tomato sauce. Filled them with fried onions, the flesh, garlic, spinach and feta. Then topped with bread crumbs and parmesan.
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