Swordfish Cartoccio Recipes

SWORDFISH CALABRIAN-STYLE

Steps:

• Mix together 2 tablespoons of the olive oil, lemon juice, salt, and pepper in a medium bowl. Add the fish and stir enough to get it coated. Let it marinate for about 15 minutes. Remove fish from the marinade and pat dry.
• Heat remaining olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Fry the onion until golden, about 8 minutes, then add the fish. Brown the chunks of fish, about 1 minute per side; remove from the pan and set aside.
• Stir the flour into the skillet; cook and stir until lightly browned. Gradually stir in the white wine. Return the fish to the pan, and add the fava beans. Sprinkle with fresh parsley, cover, and simmer for 2 to 3 minutes, or until the fish flakes easily with a fork. Serve hot.

SWORDFISH PICCATA

Steps:

• Season the swordfish gently but evenly on both sides with salt and pepper.
• Dredge the fish in the flour, patting off any excess.
• In a cast-iron or nonstick skillet, heat grapeseed oil until just smoking over medium-high heat. Add in 2 tablespoons of the butter until melted and bubbling, about 30 seconds.
• Place the swordfish in the pan and cook, turning once, until browned on both sides, about 3-4 minutes each side. Work in batches if necessary to avoid overcrowding the pan.
• Transfer the swordfish to a warm plate, and remove any excess fat from the sauté pan.
• While the pan is still hot, melt 1 tablespoon of butter, sweat the shallots and cook until soft and cooked through, being careful not to brown. About 30 seconds.
• Deglaze the pan with the white wine, and reduce by half.
• Add the capers and lemon juice, and cook for 1 minute.
• Take the pan off the heat, and add in the remaining 6 tablespoons of butter, 1 tablespoon at a time, swirling the pan continuously to emulsify the butter.
• Add in the minced parsley, and season to taste.
• Spoon the sauce over the fish, and garnish with a lemon cheek and a parsley stem.

SEAFOOD AL CARTOCCIO

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Add the red onion, garlic, half the fennel and 2 tablespoons olive oil to a large Dutch oven over high heat. Cook until the onions have softened, about 3 minutes. Add the Dungeness crab and wine and bring to a boil.
• Meanwhile, to a large high-sided saute pan over medium-high heat, add 2 tablespoons oil, the remaining fennel, white onion and ginger and saute until softened, about 3 minutes. Stir in the saffron. Carefully strain the broth directly into the ginger and onion pan, breaking up the crab and reserving for later. Allow the broth to simmer vigorously for about 30 minutes to thicken and reduce.
• Preheat a grill to medium-high heat.
• Meanwhile, soak a double-lined paper bag in water for about 5 minutes in a clean sink. Place on a rimmed baking sheet.
• Add the striped bass, squid and shrimp to the grill and cook just until seared, 2 to 3 minutes on each side. Remove and place in a large bowl with the lobster, tomatoes and reserved Dungeness crab.
• Pour the reduced broth over all the seafood and toss to combine. Add to the soaked paper bag. Roll the top of the bag to seal, creating a pouch, and lay, roll side-down, on the baking sheet.
• Bake for 20 minutes. Bring to the table on a platter and cut open with some scissors. Serve with the lemon wedges.

PISTACHIO ENCRUSTED SWORDFISH STEAKS RECIPE

Steps:

• 1. Pulse pistachios 20 sec to make a breadcrumb consistency. Mix in bowl with chopped cilantro, oil, and salt and pepper. Set aside 2. Preheat oven to 400. Salt and pepper both sides of steaks and place on foil lined tray. Spread crust on top of steaks and pour veg. broth at bottom of pan (steam from broth keeps the fish moist). Bake in oven for 8 min and then broil under high heat for another minute or two to brown the top. 3. Squeeze a little lemon juice on top and serve with sauteed spinach and papaya chunks.

SWORDFISH CARTOCCIO RECIPE

Steps:

• Place steaks in a deep plate and grate the rind of the lemon over it. Drizzle with oil and season with thyme, salt and pepper. Make sure both sides are evenly marinated for a few minutes until grill is hot. Sauce: Remove the core from the yellow tomatoes and cut a cross in the skins. Quickly blanch in boiling water for about 10 seconds, and then shock under cold running water. Peel off the skin and discard. Cut the peeled tomatoes into 8 pieces each. Cut the cherry tomatoes into halves. Place the tomatoes (or sauce if using) in center of a sheet of foil. Sprinkle with onion, basil, garlic, zucchini and season with salt, pepper and chili flakes. Add the wine, place second sheet of foil over the ingredients and seal so no air can escape. Put the steaks on a hot grill and place the packet next to them. Cook fish for about 4 minutes each side to medium rare. The cartoccio will blow up like a balloon as its ingredients cook. Cut the pouch open with scissors, being careful not to burn yourself with the escaping steam. Place the sauce in the center of each plate and add a fish steak. Garnish with a thin crouton, pine nuts, fresh basil, basil oil and some sea salt.