Grilled Marinated Swordfish with Sweet Tomato Sauce

Name: Grilled Marinated Swordfish with Sweet Tomato Sauce
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Spanish
Ingredients: sea salt and black pepper; 1½ teaspoons freshly ground cumin; 1 tablespoon olive oil; 1½ teaspoons sweet smoked Spanish paprika; Sweet Tomato Sauce, cooked with ½ cinnamon stick; 4 swordfish steaks, 2–3 cm thick, about 225 g each in weight; juice of 1 lemon; ½ medium onion, grated; 1 lemon, quartered; 2 garlic cloves

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Moro

By Samantha Clark and Samuel Clark

Published 2001

About

This dish is wonderful for a barbecue and perfect with tuna instead of swordfish. The spiced fish goes well with a tomato sauce subtly flavoured with cinnamon.

Ingredients

4 swordfish steaks, 2–3 cm thick, about 225 g each in weight

Europe
Spain
Fish course
Pescatarian
Spicy
Gluten-free
Mediterranean

Method

For the marinade, crush the garlic in a mortar and pestle with a pinch of salt until smooth. Stir in the lemon juice. Transfer to a small bowl and add the onion, paprika and cumin. Rub all over the fish, then drizzle on the olive oil. Leave to marinate in the fridge for at least an hour or two.

Meanwhile prepare the sweet tomato sauce, adding the cinnamon while simmering. If you are gri