Linguine Piccole with Grilled Swordfish and Parsley Anchovy Sauce

Name: Linguine Piccole with Grilled Swordfish and Parsley Anchovy Sauce
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 8 fillets flat anchovy fillets, or 2 teaspoons anchovy paste; 79 milliliters chopped fresh parsley; 1 teaspoons fresh-ground black pepper; 1 teaspoons lemon juice; 227 grams thin linguine, such as linguine piccole or linguine fini; 118 milliliters olive oil; 1 Tbsp grated Parmesan cheese; 2 Tbsps red-wine vinegar; 1 teaspoons salt; 1 small shallot, peeled, or 2 scallions, chopped; 454 grams swordfish steak, about 1 inch thick; 2 Tbsps hot water

Linguine Piccole with Grilled Swordfish and Parsley Anchovy Sauce might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe serves 4. One portion of this dish contains around 33g of protein, 45g of fat, and a total of 709 calories. It can be enjoyed any time, but it is especially good for The Fourth Of July. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes. If you have lemon juice, parmesan cheese, water, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the lemon juice you could follow this main course with the Lemon Shortbread Cookies with Lemon Icing

Instructions

In a blender, combine the shallot, anchovies, vinegar, lemon juice, Parmesan, 1/2 teaspoon of the salt, and 1/4 teaspoon of the pepper. Blend to form a paste. While the machine is running, add the 1/2 cup oil in a thin stream and then add the hot water.

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Lemon Juice

Anchovies

Parmesan

Shallot

Vinegar

Pepper

Water

Salt

Cooking Oil

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Blender

Heat the broiler or a grill pan, or light the grill. Coat the swordfish with the 1 teaspoon oil and sprinkle with the remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Cook the fish for 4 minutes. Turn and cook until golden brown and just done, 4 to 5 minutes longer.

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Swordfish

Pepper

Fish

Salt

Cooking Oil

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Grill Pan

Broiler

Grill

Let the fish rest for a few minutes and then cut it into bite-size pieces.

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Fish

In a large pot of boiling, salted water, cook the linguine piccole until just done, about 9 minutes. Reserve about 1/2 cup of the pasta water.

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Water

Linguine

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Pot

Drain the pasta and toss with the sauce, the swordfish, 1/4 cup of the reserved pasta water, and the parsley. If the sauce seems too thick, add more of the reserved water.

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Water

Swordfish

Parsley

Pasta

Sauce

Drain one 6-ounce can of tuna packed in oil. Flake the tuna and toss it with the drained pasta in place of the swordfish.

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Swordfish

Pasta

Tuna

Cooking Oil

Wine Recommendation: A dry ros wine would go nicely with the anchovy sauce. Look for a bottle from either Provence in France or, if you're feeling adventurous, Navarre in Spain.

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Fish Sauce