Pescespada Alle Brace (Wood Fire Grilled Swordfish)

Recipe Ingredients

3		Fennel bulbs - cleaned and trimmed, cut into quarters
2 cups	474ml	Chicken stock - (homemade is best)
		Salt and pepper - to taste
1 lb	454g / 16oz	Green beans - stems removed
2 lbs	908g / 32oz	Swordfish - * see note
2 tablespoons	30ml	Extra virgin olive oil
		For The Sauce (about 1 Cup)
2		Garlic cloves - peel and chopped (large)
		Fine
1/2 cup	73g / 2.6oz	Italian parsley - chopped fine
2 tablespoons	30ml	Fresh oregano - chopped fine -or-
1 teaspoon	5ml	Dried oregano
		Juice from 2 lemons
1/3 cup	78ml	Hot water
2/3 cup	157ml	Extra virgin olive oil
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Salt
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Fresh ground black pepper

Recipe Instructions

* 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 minutes on each side, and add some salt and pepper to taste. You can broil or barbecue the fish if you don't have a wood fired grill.

To assemble the sauce, put the garlic, parsley, oregano, lemon juice and water into a crook and mix well with a spoon. Add the olive oil, salt and pepper and mix again. (It is best to make this sauce several hours ahead of using it; then mix again energetically.) You can store it, covered, in the refrigerator 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.

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

Source:
Mario Batali

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