swordfish involtini in tomato sauce

involtini di spada all’uvetta


4 servings

Filled with a Sicilian inspired stuffing (breadcrumbs, pine nuts, parsley, and raisins) and rolled into elegant little bundles, this swordfish dish is quick enough to make on a weeknight but special enough for company. Ask your fishmonger to thinly slice the swordfish into pieces about 1/3-inch thick. 

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
  • 2 slices white sandwich bread
  • ½ cup finely chopped flat-leaf parsley
  • ⅓ cup pine nuts
  • ¼ cup golden raisins
  • ½ teaspoon finely chopped fresh marjoram, plus 4 sprigs
  • Salt
  • Freshly ground black pepper
  • 1½ pounds swordfish steak, cut into pieces about ⅓-inch-thick
  • 1 cup tomato sauce
 

Instructions

Heat oven to 400º. Lightly oil a small baking dish.

In a food processor, pulse bread, parsley, pine nuts, raisins, oil, chopped marjoram, ¼ teaspoon salt and pinch pepper to combine.

Lay fish on a plate and season with salt and pepper. Reserving about 3 tablespoons, spread bread mixture onto the fish. Roll up fish and place, seam-down, into baking dish.

Spoon tomato sauce over fish and sprinkle with remaining bread mixture. Drizzle with ½ teaspoon oil and top with marjoram sprigs. Bake until fish is cooked through, about 12 minutes.

August 2008

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  • This is one of the best recipes I have ever made. It is easy, absolutely delicious, "pretty" to serve, and impressive.
    Posted: June 17, 2009 17:30 by jes
  • This recipe is fantastic! The stuffing mixture is easily and flavorful; it is a wonderful compliment to the swordfish. We made this recipe with swordfish as well as chicken. My fiance's large Italian family all asked for the recipe. It has become our
    Posted: November 14, 2008 14:59 by KendraKennedy

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