Best Straccetti Di Pesce Spada Recipes

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Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 8

1 pound fish fillets, such as trout or sea bass
2 lemons, juiced
1 tablespoon olive oil, or to taste
1 tablespoon capers, minced
1 tablespoon whole red peppercorns, lightly crushed
Salt, to taste
Minced fresh parsley leaves, to taste
Grilled bread as an accompaniment

Steps:

Place fish in freezer for 10 minutes to facilitate cutting. With a very sharp knife, cut the fillets into paper-thin slices and arrange on a serving plate. In a small bowl whisk together the lemon juice and olive oil. Drizzle the dressing over the fish and sprinkle with the capers and peppercorns. Season with the salt. Let sit for 5 minutes and sprinkle with the parsley. Serve with the bread.

Zuppa Di Pesce Aua

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Categories main-dish

Time 3h20m

Yield s: 2 servings

Number Of Ingredients 29

1 onion, diced
2 celery branches, diced
1 carrot, diced
6 garlic cloves, crushed
6 crab shells, roasted
1 ml white wine
1 gram saffron threads
4 ripe Roma tomatoes
20 fresh basil leaves
Sea salt
2 red capsicums, diced
60 grams capers
1/2 onion
1 bay leaf
5 garlic cloves, crushed
1 teaspoon fresh chili
2 tablespoons freshly chopped parsley leaves, plus more for garnish
300 grams tinned tomatoes
60 grams olives
Sugar, to taste
Salt
20 basil leaves
100 grams Fregola, toasted
Crab meat (from 3 crabs)
18 mussels
18 vongole
12 prawns
200 grams cuttle fish
200 grams fish pieces

Steps:

In a medium saucepan, gently saute onion, celery, carrot, and garlic until soft. Add crab shells, stir and deglaze with wine and reduce. Add saffron and tomatoes, reduce. Add 2 liters cold water and bring mixture to a boil. Skim off the fat and simmer for 45 minutes, continuing to skim occasionally. Add basil and let cool. Strain and season with sea salt.
In a small sauce pan gently cook capsicum and capers. Add onion half, bay leaf, and garlic and chili. Cook gently for 15 minutes. Add freshly chopped parsley and tomatoes, bring mixture to a simmer for 15 minutes. Add olives and continue to cook for another 15 minutes. Add sugar and salt to desired taste. Add basil leaves and allow set aside to cool.
Zuppa Di Pesce Aua "Cagliaritana":
Cook the fregola in crab stock until tender and liquid has been absorbed. Place the sauce back onto medium-high heat and add the seafood. Gently poach until seafood is cooked. Place the fregola to 1 side and divide seafood among with sauce onto the fregola and sprinkle with a little chopped parsley. Serve hot.

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Categories main-dish

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 10

1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon minced fresh oregano, or 1 teaspoon dried oregano, crumbled
2 cloves garlic, finely minced
Salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste
4 (6-ounce) swordfish or similar fish steaks, such as mako, or tuna, cut 1-inch thick
4 firm, ripe tomatoes, diced
2 tablespoons minced fresh basil
Lemon juice, to taste
Lemon wedges, as an accompaniment

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In a bowl whisk together the oil, lemon juice, oregano, garlic and salt and pepper. In a shallow dish coat the fish steaks with the mixture and let marinate, covered and chilled, for 15 minutes. Arrange the fish in a foil lined baking pan and bake for 12 to 15 minutes or until fish is just cooked. In a bowl toss the tomatoes with the basil and salt and pepper to taste. Transfer the fish to serving plates and top each with some of the tomato/basil salad. Sprinkle with lemon juice and garnish with lemon wedges.