Baked Swordfish with Dill Sauce
Serves 4

Ingredients

Method

4

Swordfish steaks* (approximately 6 ounces each)

Dill Sauce: Combine sour cream, yogurt, mayonnaise, dill, mustard, and hot pepper sauce. Add salt and pepper to taste. Blend Well. Allow sauce to sit for at least 1/2 hour to blend flavors or refrigerate for up to 24 hours. Serve at room temperature.

Rinse fish steaks and pat dry with paper towel. Season lightly with salt and pepper. Combine oil and lemon juice and brush or pour to coat both sides of fish steaks. Place 1 inch apart in a lightly oiled baking dish. Bake in an oven preheated to 450ºF for approximately 10 minutes for steaks 1 inch thick. Transfer cooked steaks to a warm platter. Spoon dill sauce over the fish and garnish with fresh dill.

*Shark, tuna, halibut, and salmon can be substituted for swordfish.

1 tsp.

Salt

1 tsp.

Lemon juice

 

Dill sauce

 

Dill sprigs for garnish (optional)

For Dill Sauce:

1/2 cup

Sour Cream

1/2 cup

Yogurt, unflavored

2 tbsp.

Mayonnaise

2 tbsp.

Dill, fresh minced (or 3/4 tsp. Dried dill)

1 tsp.

Dijon mustard

 

Hot pepper sauce (to taste)

 

Salt (to taste)

 

Pepper (to taste)

Recipe provided by the National Fisheries Institute