Chorizo-crab Stuffed Calamari

Total Time: 36 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 16 mins

Ingredients

• 1 lemon
• 10 calamari, tubes
• 1/4 lb loose chorizo sausage (or casings removed for links)
• 1/3 cup crabmeat
• 1 large egg
• 1 tablespoon almond meal or 1 tablespoon flour
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 shallot, finely diced
• 10 toothpicks
• avocodo oil or preferred oil
• 1 1/2 cups canned organic crushed tomatoes
• 1 teaspoon raw honey
• salt and pepper
• chopped chives or parsley or cilantro

Recipe

• 1 juice one lemon in a small bowl. place calamari tubes in the lemon juice.
• 2 in a separate medium bowl, combine chorizo, crabmeat, egg, almond meal, pinch of salt and shallot until blended. place mixture in a plastic storage bag and cut off a corner. pipe mixture into the calamari tubes. seal off the ends of the calamari using toothpicks.
• 3 heat a grilling pan (or grill) on medium-high heat. brush the stuffed tubes with preferred oil and season liberally with salt and pepper.
• 4 cook for approximately 7-8 minutes on each side until the internal temperature reaches at least 160 degrees.
• 5 while this is cooking, place crushed tomatoes and raw honey in a small saucepan. add a pinch of salt if desired. stir and heat on medium until warm.
• 6 spoon tomato mixture on a plate. remove toothpicks from calamari and arrange on the plate.
• 7 garnish with optional herbs.
• 8 enjoy!