Pescespada Alle Brace(Wood Fire Grilled Swordfish)

* Exported from MasterCook *

Pescespada Alle Brace (Wood Fire Grilled Swordfish)

Recipe By : Tess Mercer <tess@NANOTHINC.COM>
Serving Size : 6 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Fish And Seafood Italian
Sauces And Preserves

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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3 Fennel Bulbs, Cleaned & Trimmed -- cut into quarters
2 Cups Chicken Stock -- (homemade is best)
Salt And Pepper -- to taste
1 Pound Green Beans -- stems removed
2 Pounds Swordfish -- * see note
2 Tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil
-----For The Sauce (About 1 Cup)-----
2 Large Garlic Cloves -- peel & chopped fine
1/2 Cup Italian Parsley -- chopped fine
2 Tablespoons Fresh Oregano -- chopped fine -OR-
1 Teaspoon Dried Oregano
Juice From 2 Lemons
1/3 Cup Hot Water
2/3 Cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1/2 Teaspoon Salt
1/4 Teaspoon Fresh Ground Black Pepper

* cut into 6 ounce slices about 3/4 inch thick

Put the fennel into a casserole. Splash on the chicken stock and sprinkle
with salt and pepper to taste. Bake the fennel, covered, in a 375 F oven
for about 1 hour, basting often. It should be tender but not mush. Drain
and set aside. Use the pan liquid for soups or other dishes.

Boil the Blue Lake beans in lightly salted water for about 4 to 5 minutes.
Drain and set aside.

Rub some olive oil on the slices of swordfish. Grill them about 4 mnutes on
each side, and add some salt and peppr to taste. You can broil or barbacue
the fish if you dont' have a wood fired grill.

To assemble the sauce, put the garlic, parsley, oregano, lemon juice nad
water into a crok and mix well with a spoon. Add the olive oil, salt and
pepper and mix again. (It is best to make thjis sauce several hours ahead
of using it; then mix again energetically.) You can store it, covered, in
the refrigirator for up to a week. Be sure to bring to room temperature or
even a little warmer before use.

Heat the cooked, drained fennel in a 375 oven for about 20 minutes. Heat
the beans in a skillet with a few drops of olive oil and some lemon juice,
and season with salt and pepper. When the fish is done put it on a heated
dish and garnish with vegetables. Spoon on some sauce or pass it at the
table.

Serves 6.

(all recipes (c) Carlo Middione - Vivande Ristorante, as printed in SF
Examiner Epicure, 4/26/95)

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