Penne with Swordfish, Mint, and Pine Nuts

Name: Penne with Swordfish, Mint, and Pine Nuts
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 118 milliliters chopped fresh mint; 3 cloves garlic, minced; 0 teaspoons fresh-ground black pepper; 59 milliliters olive oil; 340 grams penne; 59 milliliters pine nuts; 1 teaspoons salt; 454 grams swordfish steak, about 1 inch thick

Penne with Swordfish, Mint, and Pine Nuts requires about 45 minutes from start to finish. One serving contains 735 calories, 35g of protein, and 37g of fat. This dairy free recipe serves 4. Head to the store and pick up mint, olive oil, swordfish steak, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the salt you could follow this main course with the Apple Turnovers Recipe as a dessert. It works well as a main course.

Instructions

In a small frying pan, toast the pine nuts over moderately low heat, stirring frequently, until golden brown, about 5 minutes. Or toast them in a 350 oven for 5 to 10 minutes.

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Toast

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In a large nonstick frying pan, heat the 1/2 tablespoon oil over moderate heat.

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Cooking Oil

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Sprinkle the swordfish with 1/4 teaspoon of the salt and the pepper.

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Swordfish

Pepper

Salt

Add the fish to the pan and cook 4 minutes. Turn and cook until the fish is just done, 2 to 3 minutes longer.

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Fish

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Remove. When the fish is cool enough to handle, cut it into 1-inch cubes.

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Fish

Wipe out the pan.

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Add the remaining 1/4 cup oil to the pan and heat over moderately low heat.

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Add the garlic and cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Stir in 1/4 cup of the mint and remove the pan from the heat.

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Mint

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In a large pot of boiling, salted water, cook the penne until just done, about 13 minutes.

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Water

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Drain and toss with the swordfish, the garlic-and-mint oil, the pine nuts, the remaining 1/4 cup mint, and 1/2 teaspoon salt.

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Swordfish

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Variations: You can use tuna in place of the swordfish. Cook the tuna a few minutes less than the swordfish so that it's still pink inside.

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Swordfish

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Wine Recommendation: Although a meaty fish such as swordfish can usually take a red wine, the minty accents here are better accentuated by a crisp white wine such as a pinot grigio from Italy or a sauvignon blanc from Washington State.

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