This is a recipe inspired by something I ate long ago at Maxi’s Supper Club in Ithaca, that I cooked up tonight with ingredients I had lying around the house. It was an absolute win.
Main Ingredients:
4 Swordfish steaks, deep-frozen
12 ounces frozen blueberries (“wild Maine” variety)
1 red bell pepper, slightly past its prime (orange or yellow will work just as well)
1/2 large yellow onion (any onion will do)
2 lemons
Adjunct Ingredients
Olive oil
(optional) malt vinegar or balsamic vinegar
Salt, pepper
Paprika
Fresh or dried basil
Equipment
Enough oven-safe skillet or skillets to hold all of your fish
An oven (or, see alternate campfire method)
Method
Do not defrost the fish!
An hour or so before you plan to serve, prepare the salsa:
Dice red pepper and onion. Juice the lemons In a large bowl, mix blueberries, onion, red pepper, lemon juice, and an amount of oil equal to the amount of lemon juice. Consider adding a splash of malt or balsamic vinegar, if that suits you. Toss with salt, pepper, basil, and paprika to taste. Set aside at room temperature.
Twenty minutes before you plan to serve, prepare the fish.
Preheat oven to 400º F.
In a skillet or skillets (depending on size and number of fishes), heat olive oil until very hot. Use enough oil to coat pan.
Add the still-frozen swordfish. Cook 90 seconds on each side, just until browned. Sprinkle each side with salt and pepper.
Move skillets directly from stove to hot oven. Set a timer for five minutes.
When your timer goes off, turn off the oven and notify your party that dinner is ready. Leave the oven door closed. Set another timer for three minutes.
If your dinner party is not assembled when the three-minute timer goes off, crack the oven door ajar to retard the cooking while still keeping the fish warm.
Serve piping hot under chilled salsa
Alternate campfire method for fish
Required equipment: campfire, foil, tongs
Method: prepare salsa as above. Rub fish steaks with oil, salt, and pepper, then wrap in foil. Place foil packets in hot coals for 15-20 minutes. Retrieve with tongs; eat.
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My thanks,
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