Best Pasta With Swordfish Olives Capers And Mint Recipes
NEAPOLITAN PASTA WITH SWORDFISH
The lusty foods and intense wines of southern Italy provide inspiration to spare for cooks and connoisseurs. San Marzano tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, succulent olives, tender pastas and fragrant olive oils, alone or combined, spell sheer enjoyment. The roots of red-sauce Italian, ever popular in the United States, are in the south - in Campania and Naples (its capital city) as well as in Puglia and Basilicata. This recipe is a riff on the traditional pasta alla puttanesca, with tomato, capers, olives and garlic, but without the anchovies. The recipe goes bigger on the fish front, with chunks of seared swordfish to bolster the mixture with meaty, briny notes.
Provided by Florence Fabricant
Categories main course
Time 40m
Yield 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Place a large sauté pan (4 quarts or more) on high heat, add 3 tablespoons of the oil and when it's mighty hot (a piece of fish should sizzle) add the swordfish, spreading the pieces around in the pan in a single layer. Sear about 30 seconds until just starting to brown. Use a spatula to turn the fish, and cook another minute or so. Season with salt and pepper and remove to a bowl. Reduce heat to medium.
- Add another tablespoon of the oil and the capers and cook a couple of minutes until the capers start to crisp and brown. Turn the heat to low, stir in the garlic and cook for a couple of minutes until it barely starts to color. Add the tomatoes and olives. Cook gently, stirring occasionally, for about 10 minutes to combine the flavors, then turn off the heat. While the tomatoes are simmering bring a pot of well-salted water to a boil for the pasta. Cook the pasta until it's al dente. Remove 1 cup of pasta water, then drain the pasta and add it to the sauté pan.
- Reheat the pasta in the sauce on medium-low heat, folding everything together with a big spoon. Add a half cup or more of the pasta water to give the tomatoes a nice saucelike consistency, stirring until the pasta is well coated. Gently fold in the swordfish and the lemon zest, and stir until you have everything well mixed and heated through. Add more pepper if you wish; the mixture is not likely to demand salt. Transfer to a warm serving dish, scatter parsley on top and serve.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 524, UnsaturatedFat 13 grams, Carbohydrate 61 grams, Fat 18 grams, Fiber 4 grams, Protein 29 grams, SaturatedFat 3 grams, Sodium 568 milligrams, Sugar 3 grams, TransFat 0 grams
PASTA WITH SWORDFISH, OLIVES, CAPERS AND MINT
Steps:
- Season fish with S&P. In a 12 inch skillet, warm .25 cup EVO over high heat. Add fish. Cook without moving until browned on one side (about 2 min). Transfer to platter. In the same skillet warm .25 EVO and fry capers for 2 min. Add olives, garlic, fennel seeds and chili flakes until fragrent. Stir in 2T water. Remove from heat. In a large pot cook pasta until 2 min shy of al dente: drain. Toss pasta and swordfish with caper mixture. 1 to 2 min until done. Add water if sauce seems dry. Stir in parsley and mint; season with S&P and lemon juice. Drizzle plated pasta with EVO
PAN-SEARED SWORDFISH WITH TOMATOES, OLIVES, AND CAPERS
Steps:
- Put the oil in a deep skillet, preferably nonstick, over medium-high heat. When the oil is hot, add the fish and brown it well, rotating and turning it as necessary and sprinkling it with salt and pepper; the process should take less than 10 minutes. Turn off the heat and remove the fish.
- Turn the heat to medium and add the garlic, capers, chiles, and olives. Cook, stirring occasionally, for about a minute; add the tomatoes and bring to a boil. Gently slide the fish into the sauce and cook, turning once, until it is tender, about 5 minutes more. Taste and adjust the seasoning as necessary, then garnish and serve.
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