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lolasf

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Nov 27, 2012 8:57 PM
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Swordfish

If you were given a nice thick swordfish steak, something like this, how would you prepare it? Any favorite tricks or flavor combos?

lucapal

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Nov 28, 2012 12:30 AM
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This is our local style...''alla Palermitana''.

Mix some olive oil and white wine.Put the fish in a dish,cover it with the oil and wine mix, some chopped onion and a couple of chopped bay leaves.Salt,pepper and leave to marinade a couple of hours.

Take the fish out,get rid of the onion/bay leaf.Rub it in origano.Then grill it.

When its cooked,squeeze lemon over and eat it!

There is also a version where you use breadcrumbs,but I prefer this one.....

slow_traveller

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Nov 28, 2012 11:07 AM
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the most important thing is not to overcook it. treat it as a rare steak.
i prefer simple mediterranean style flavours so i'd make a marinade with olive oil, rosemary, garlic and so on. smoked chili oil, capers and more garlic to serve (at least that's how i like it).

enjoy your swordfish.

mickyfinn

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Nov 28, 2012 12:26 PM
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Swordfish is delicious as long as it's cooked for the right amount of time. It can be cooked similar to how to cook fresh salmon. Very nice flavour and lovely served with pilau rice.

Fieldgate

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Nov 28, 2012 12:31 PM
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the most important thing is not to overcook it. treat it as a rare steak.

That's a good recommendation. I had sword fish a couple of times that was overcooked. It was tough as shoe leather. And, I had it raw, as sashimi (not very flavourful but still enjoyable), very tender.

hereandtherenz

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Nov 29, 2012 2:34 AM
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I'm not very familiar with swordfish, but have you considered raw (marinated of course)? A ceviche? Or kokoda?

textibule

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Nov 29, 2012 7:08 AM
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When I get the cooking right, swordfish is one of my favorite fish. Totally succulent. I go along with lucaspal's recipe.

sashac001

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Nov 29, 2012 9:20 AM
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I was going to make a suggestion similar to lucapal's but I hadn't thought about marinading it for a couple of hours. I think I'll try that with the trout we have. Thanks Lucapal!

marichel1981

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Dec 1, 2012 7:47 AM
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Lucapal, seeing that the straits between Sicily and Italy is one of the primo swordfishing areas of the world, the Sicilian way has got to take 1st prize.

lucapal

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Dec 1, 2012 8:03 AM
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Yeah we eat a lot of swordfish here..

In my local neighbourhood trattoria they do great 'involtini di pesce spada'...a decent portion with potatoes and salad is only 6 euros,so we get good value as well ;)

tribolite

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Dec 2, 2012 3:57 AM
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We occassionally see fresh sailfish (but not swordfish or malin) usually in cut chunks sold in the local wet markets located around the towns near the coast here in SE Asia.
Has anyone tried cooking/eating them?
Do they taste similar to swordfishh/marlin?

travellinglefty

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Dec 3, 2012 8:32 PM
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I think cooked very simply (pan fried, grilled or bbq'ed) with a bit of S&P, then served with a wedge of lime and some pico de gallo. Serve with salad and/or chips (fries).

Bliss! (well, for me, anyway!)

tribolite

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Dec 4, 2012 12:29 AM
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Just tried grilling some at home with a marinade of lemongrass,onins,garlic,tumeric,chilli,galanga ginger,lime juice,dark sweet/salty dark soy sauce,palm sugar and virgin coconut oil.
Tasted pretty darn good tasting.
Have often ordered seafood dishes grilled over charcoal embers with this type of marinade at beach seafood resturants/cafe before done with mackeral,stingrays,barramundi and garupas,wrapped around banana leaves.

marichel1981

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Dec 4, 2012 5:09 AM
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I think a mild fish like swordfish and others only need a minimum of additions.. salt pepper and lemon. A strong tasting oily fish like mackeral will benefit from the disguise of all those asians marinades.
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