Pesce Spada sulla Brace alla Pantesca
- 1/2 cup plus 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 1/2 teaspoons fine sea salt, plus additional as needed
- 1 teaspoon freshly cracked pepper
- Juice of 1 lemon
- 3 pounds swordfish, cut into 1/3- to 1/2-inch steaks
- 2 fat cloves garlic, peeled, crushed, and minced
- 3 large yellow onions, peeled and thinly sliced
- 1 1/2 cups moscato di Pantelleria
- 1 pound green tomatoes, finely diced
- 1 pound very ripe tomatoes, peeled, seeded, and finely diced
- 1/2 cup dark raisins, plumped in warm water
- 1/2 cup capers, preserved under saltcapperi di Pantelleriarinsed
- Construct a marinade with 1/2 cup of the olive oil, 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, pepper, lemon juice, and massage it into the fish on both sides.
- Allow the fish to rest for 1 hour while you prepare a wood fire and an onion/tomato marmalade.
- Over a medium flame, heat 3 tablespoons of the olive oil in a large saute pan and soften the garlic, taking care not to let it color.
- Add the onions.
- Soften them for 15 minutes or so, adding 1 tablespoon of the moscato each time the pan seems dryabout 1/2 cup total.
- Add the tomatoes, salting them generously, and the remaining cup of moscato.
- Slowly cook the mixture, stirring it every few minutes until it reduces and thickens almost to a jamabout 1/2 hour.
- Drain the plumped raisins and rinse the capers, adding both to the finished marmalade.
- Stir very well and set the marmalade aside.
- When the embers of the fire are red/white-hot, char the swordfish steaks 45 seconds to 1 minute30 seconds will be sufficient if your fire is hot enoughon each side, removing them to a plate onto which some of the marmalade has been spread.
- When all the steaks are grilled, spoon a bit more marmalade over them.
- The warm, charred fish forms a lush fusion with the jam.
extravirgin olive oil, salt, freshly cracked pepper, lemon, swordfish, garlic, yellow onions, moscato, green tomatoes, very, dark raisins, capers
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/pesce-spada-sulla-brace-alla-pantesca-391216 (may not work)