How to Make Grilled Calamari (Recipe with Stuffed Greek Feta!) by Diane Kochilas

feta cheese

🥗Healthier: ricotta cheese

💰Cheaper: cottage cheese

Ricotta provides a similar creamy texture with fewer calories.

white wine

🥗Healthier: chicken broth

💰Cheaper: water

Chicken broth adds flavor without alcohol.

Heat olive oil in a skillet and sauté chopped onion until soft.

Add garlic and sauté until fragrant.

Mix in Greek feta, unthought cheese, and cafe la la Fiera cheese.

Add dill, mint, lemon zest, black pepper, and crushed pink peppercorns to the cheese mixture.

Bind the filling with an egg and mix until combined.

Add bread crumbs to achieve the right texture and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Stuff the calamari tubes with the cheese filling and secure the ends with toothpicks.

Grill the stuffed calamari in a hot grill pan with extra virgin Greek olive oil until golden brown.

Remove toothpicks before serving and garnish with lemon.

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