Fish

Octopus

£10.00

Cut to order at the Barnes counter.

Preparation:

Whole (cleaned)

Variant

How would you like it prepared? (optional)

Pickup available at From The Sea, Barnes

Usually ready in 2 hours

Octopus

Whole (cleaned)

From The Sea, Barnes

Pickup available, Usually ready in 2 hours

18 Barnes High Street
London SW13 9LW
United Kingdom

Cut to order, filleting free

Next-day delivery, order by 1pm

Collect in Barnes, about two hours

Octopus has dense, sweet flesh that starts firm and turns silky with slow cooking. The tentacles are the prize, with a clean shellfish depth and skin that chars well over a flame once the flesh is tender.

We sell it whole and cleaned at the Barnes counter, the beak and innards removed so it is ready for the pot.

Simmer it gently in salted water with a bay leaf for 45 minutes to an hour until a knife slides into the thickest tentacle, then leave it to cool in its liquid. From there, slice it for a salad with olive oil and paprika or char the tentacles briefly on a hot grill. The two-stage method is what keeps it tender.

Origin, cooking and recipe

Origin and species

Octopus has dense, sweet flesh with a clean shellfish depth. We sell it whole and cleaned, the beak and innards removed so it is ready for the pot.

How to cook it

The two-stage method is what keeps it tender. Simmer it gently in salted water with a bay leaf for 45 minutes to an hour until a knife slides into the thickest tentacle, then leave it to cool in its liquid. From there, slice it for a salad with olive oil and paprika or char the tentacles briefly on a hot grill.

Storage and preparation

Keep it wrapped on the coldest shelf of the fridge, usually the bottom shelf at the back, and use it within one to two days. If you need longer, wrap it tightly, freeze it quickly and defrost in the fridge overnight before cooking.

Cut to order

Tell us how you want it in the order notes. Filleting, pin-boning and skinning are free, by hand at the counter. If you ask for a fish to be trimmed, headed or skinned, the finished weight comes down accordingly.

Delivery and collection

Order by 1pm for next-day delivery across London and the UK. Same-day collection in Barnes, usually about two hours.

Our promise

If it is not right, we make it right. Tell us and we will sort it. Local customers can bring it back to the counter and we will replace it.

Octopus

£10.00

Order by 1pm

Next-day delivery across London and the UK. Free over £60.

Collect in Barnes

Same-day collection from the counter, ready in about two hours.

Cut to order

Cut to order at the counter. Filleting, pin-boning and skinning are free.

Food Hygiene Rating

Rated 5 out of 5 by the local authority.