Pesce Spada

Photo: flickr user ScriS - www.scris.it

Ingredients

1 tablespoon olive oil

1 tablespoon lemon juice

1 tablespoon minced fresh oregano

teaspoon (or 1 dried oregano, crumbled)

2 garlic cloves finely minced

Salt to taste

Freshly-ground black pepper to taste

4 swordfish steaks, 1" thick - (6 oz ea)

(or similar fish steaks such as mako, 4 firm ripe tomatoes diced

2 tablespoons minced fresh basil

Lemon juice to taste

Lemon wedges as an accompaniment

Preparation

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.

This recipe yields 4 servings.