Octopus in the oven by Argiro

For octopus: 

• Put in a small pot all the ingredients: onions, fennel cut in 4 pieces, garlic cloves, cherry tomatoes, parsley spray, oregano and thyme.
• Add bay leaves and pepper grains.
• On top of these, add octopus. Pour olive oil and vinegar.
• Cover the pot very well.
• Put the pot in a medium heat for 50′ until it is soft. Check with a knife if octopus is gentle.
• On half of the boiling procedure, octopus will produce many liquids, but do not worry because  it will be vanished.
• Put potatoes in a baking sheet and add 2 -3 tbsp olive oil, salt and pepper.
• Add 2 garlic cloves between them, thyme and oregano.
• On top of the potatoes, place the octopus with the vegetables.
• Pour with the liquids from the pot. If you like, add some hot pepper.
• Bake this food in oven at 200°C  on air function for 20′ – 25′, until potatoes absorb all liquids.
• Optionally, sparkle with parsley for serving.

For potatoes: 

• Wash them really well and boil them in salted water for 15′ .
• Boiling time will be 15′  – 20′, depends on the size of the potatoes.
• When they are ready, remove them and press them down, until they are broken.