Swordfish Pasta Aioli with Spinach Romaine Salad

Fed 3

Ingredients

Pasta

• 3 swordfish steaks
• 16 oz vermicelli noodles (or your choice of noodle)
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 6 cloves garlic (3 cloves chopped, 3 sliced)
• 4 roma tomatoes, chopped
• 1 whole onion, sliced
• 1 egg yolk
• 2 sprigs of basil leaves, chiffonade
• salt and pepper
• 1 tsp cayenne
• 1 bunch of green onion, chopped
• (optional) cilantro for garnish

Salad

• 2 heads of romaine lettuce, chopped
• 8 oz spinach
• 1/2 red onion, chopped
• 1 red bell pepper, sliced
• 1 cucumber, peeled and chopped
• 3 tablespoons crumbled feta cheese
• 1/3 cup black olives
• 3 oz chopped pancetta I used this one
• 5 cherry tomatoes, halved
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 1/2 cup balsamic vinegar
• 2 cloves garlic, chopped
• 1/2 lemon, juiced
• salt and pepper

Making Salad

1. in a large bowl, combine the chopped romaine and the spinach. add in the onion, cucumber, bell pepper, olives, feta cheese, tomatoes, pancetta, half of the chopped green onion, half of the basil.
2. in another smaller bowl, add in the olive oil, balsamic vinegar, salt and pepper and garlic and lemon juice. whisk together very well or combine together in a blender/food processor, or use a submersible blender to combine into a vinaigrette. pour dressing over salad and toss, or save for personal serving.

Cooking

1. season swordfish with salt and pepper and cayenne and let sit for 10 minutes. in the mean time, chop/slice vegetables and set aside until needed.
2. in a large frying pan or wok, add 1/2 tablespoon of the oil, chopped garlic and the sword fish on medium heat. cook on each side for 2 - 3 minutes until swordfish has taken on color and garlic is fragrant. remove swordfish, cut into small cuts/cubes and set aside.
3. in a pot add some water and salt and bring to a boil. once boiling, add in the noodles and boil for 3 minutes. remove from heat and cover and let the remaining heat cook the noodles for another 3 minutes. pour out and drain noodles and set aside.
4. in the same pan the swordfish was cooked in, add in another 1/2 tablespoon of the olive oil and add in the garlic, and onion. stir and mix well with the the remnants in the pan. once garlic is fragrant and onion is soft, add in the tomatoes and stir until tomatoes become soft.
5. add in the noodles and stir and mix well. while stirring pan mixture, add in the egg yolk and mix it in very well, while with the other hand, slowly pouring in the rest of the olive oil and stirring at the same time. return the sword fish and stir and mix for a minute. let cook white stirring from time to time for another 2 - 3 minutes. garnish with the rest of the basil and green onion.

bon appetit