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for a typical Aruban dish or delicacy. You can print out this page and start
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This Month's Recipe:
Antillean-Style grilled
Swordfish or Shark
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The pleasures of the table belong
to all ages, to all conditions, to all countries and to every day. They can be associated with all the
other pleasures and remain the longest to console us for the loss of the rest.
by Jean Antheline
Brillat-Savarin |
Reprinted
with kind permission from "Aruba Cooks" by Linda H. Shapiro,
published in 1997, page 68.
Pierre Corneillestraat 1, Oranjestad, Aruba, Dutch Caribbean. |
This book is available for purchase from the Aruba Gastronomic
Association (AGA). Click
here for more information |
Serves 4.
Ingredients:
- 1-8 ounce can Del Monte unsweetened
pineapple slices, juice reserved
- 4-4 ounce fish steaks, each about 3/4"
thick
- 8-1/4" slices peeled sweet potato or
yam
- 4-1/2" slices purple onion
- 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 2 teaspoons vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon grated fresh lime rind
- 1/2 teaspoon Tabasco, or to taste
Arrange pineapple slices on bottom of large shallow baking dish. Place fish steaks on top
of pineapple. In bowl, mix together sweet potato and onion slices. Place on top of fish
steaks.
In small bowl, stir together 2 teaspoons
reserved pineapple juice, lime juice, vegetable oil, sugar, grated rind and tabasco. Pour
over pineapple, fish and vegetables, coating well. Cover and chill for at least 1 hour.
Prepare grill and brush grill rack with
vegetable oil. Place fish and onion slices on rack. Cook, covered, 4 minutes each side or
until fish is done basting occassionally with reserved marinade in baking dish. Remove to
warm platter.
Place pineapple and sweet potato slices on
grill. Cook, covered, 2 minutes each side, basting occasionally with reserved marinade.
Add decoratively to platter.
Serve immediately.
Bon Appetit!
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