GRILLED SWORDFISH
GRILLED SWORDFISH
GRILLED SWORDFISH

Ingredients
  • 4 swordfish steaks (around 150g/5½oz each)
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 50ml/2fl oz olive oil
  • 1 lemon
  • zest and juice only
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • crushed
  • 1 tsp dried oregano or 1 tsp mixed Italian herbs
  • 200g/7oz podded and peeled broad beans (around 300g/10½ oz podded weight
  • 1kg/2lb 4oz fresh unpodded weight)
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 100ml/3½fl oz white wine
  • 20g/¾oz butter
  • 1 lemon
  • pared zest only
  • finely chopped
  • 50g/1¾oz green olives
  • finely chopped
  • 50g/1¾oz capers
  • finely chopped
  • 25g/1oz parsley
  • finely chopped
Directions
  • Season the swordfish steaks with salt and pepper and place in a shallow dish. Mix all the marinade ingredients together
  • and pour over the swordfish. Leave to marinade for no longer than 15 minutes (you don’t want to risk the lemon “cookingâ€� the fish).
  • Meanwhile
  • to make the sauce
  • blanch the broad beans in a pan of boiling water for 2 minutes
  • then drain and set aside.
  • Make the gremolata by mixing together the lemon zest
  • olives
  • capers and parsley.
  • Heat a tablespoon of olive oil in a heavy-based frying pan. When the pan is very hot
  • add the swordfish steaks and fry for 3–4 minutes on each side.
  • Remove from the pan and leave to rest while you finish the sauce. Deglaze the pan with the white wine
  • then add the butter. Swirl until the butter has melted
  • then add the blanched broad beans. Heat through.
  • Serve the swordfish with the sauce spooned over and the gremolata on the side.