Pasta with Swordfish
Preview in new tab Pasta with swordfish, or Pasta con Pesce Spada, is a quickly made pasta dish popular throughout southern Italy. It takes about …
Pistachio Crumb Crusted Swordfish with Mint Salsa
Sicilian cuisine makes use of locally sourced ingredients such as its famous pistachios, which are grown in the town of Bronte. This simple recipe incorporates …
Linguine with Red Clam Sauce
It’s customary in my family to prepare seafood for Christmas Eve dinner. Not quite the traditional seven courses but I make around three or four …
Baked Cod a la Pizzaiola
Pizzaiola sauce is basically a marinara sauce seasoned with dried oregano. The Italian term “a la pizzaiola” refers to any dish that is made with …
Sicilian Grilled Breaded Swordfish: Swordfish all Palermitana
Most of the time when I grill swordfish, I simply coat it with olive oil and sprinkle it with some salt and pepper. Sometimes I …
Baked Bay Scallops Gratinate
Our family celebrates Christmas with a traditional seafood dinner on Christmas Eve, as most Italians do. This year I decided to make baked scallops instead …
Stuffed Sardines Beccafico
Sarde alla Beccafico, a very old dish in Sicilian cuisine, is still popular today. The dish is made with fresh sardines that are stuffed with …
Octopus and Potato Salad
While visiting my daughters in the Washington, D.C. area, I made a trip to the local seafood market. Really fresh seafood is hard to come …
Tuna alla Ghiotta (Tonno alla Ghiotta)
There was some outstanding tuna at the market this week so I decided to make Tuna alla Ghiotta. Making this dish brought back memories of …
Calamari Salad with Green Olives and Capers
Calamari salad makes a great antipasto dish or side salad, served either chilled or at room temperature. It is similar in flavor to octopus salad but …
