Simple grilled octopus recipe with turnip with orange

Published On: November 20, 2023


Last Updated: March 17, 2026

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From stared restaurant tables to embassies, the new chef of the Berceau des SensCédric Bourassin, has acquired a unique expertise that he shares with students and clients in our Michelin Star gastronomic restaurant.

Today we share one of these recipes published on the Gault & Millau website:

Ingredients

  • 1 piece of octopus weighing 2-3kg
  • 75g flat leaf parsley, blanched
  • 2 soft-boiled eggs
  • 250g seed oil
  • 5 oranges
  • Same quantity of water and suger for the syrup
  • Turnips "kiwi" size 
  • 3 zucchinis
  • Salad sprouts
  • Reduced balsamic vinegar

Preparation


  1. Cut the octopus tentacles, rinse, drain and deep-freeze to break the fibers. Vacuum cook for 7 hours at 77 ° C in a vegetable broth.
  2. Cook the slices of turnips and zucchini. Make rolls out of the zucchini slices and shape the turnip slices into cones (cut along the "radius" of each turnip circle beforehand)
  3. For the powder, zest the oranges and cook in a syrup at 30°, dry and mix.
  4. Heat the vinegar to evaporate it, stop at 75 on the refractometer
  5. Make the parsley + egg emulsion by whisking everything together with seasoning and seed oil + water.
  6. Grill the octopus pieces.

Picture & content: Gault & Millau

 

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