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Servings: 1 sandwich -- Yield: 18 servings

Fresh caught grilled Georges Bank swordfish, pesto butter, fennel pollen, oven dried heirloom tomatoes, pecorino and parsley salad, served with a grapefruit Campari aioli.

Buns,   Lunch & Dinner,   Dine In

PRODUCT USED IN THIS RECIPE:

Original Hawaiian Sweet Pretzel Slider Buns, Pre-Sliced 9 Pack, 8 Count

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Ingredients

  • 2 each
    9-packs King’s Hawaiian® Pretzel Slider Buns
  • 1 lb
    Salted butter
  • 2 each
    12 ounce 1 ½” thick swordfish steaks
  • 1 jar
    Pesto
  • ½ tbsp
    Fennel pollen 
  • 2 tubs
    Heirloom cherry tomatoes
  • to taste
    Extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 tbsp
    Herbs de Provence
  • 2 tbsp
    + 1 teaspoon Sugar
  • 8 oz
    Pecorino, shaved
  • 2 each
    bunches Italian parsley
  • 2 each
    Lemons
  • 2 each
    Shallots
  • 1 each
    Grapefruit, zested and juiced
  • 2 tbsp
    Campari
  • 1 c
    Mayonnaise

Build It!

  1. Spread 4 tablespoons of butter on the inside of the tops and bottoms of all 18 buns. Toast on a griddle until golden brown.

  2. Spread pesto butter on inside of bottom bun, then top with swordfish, tomatoes, and parsley salad.

  3. Spread mayo on inside of top bun, then cover with the top bun.

Grilled Georges Bank Swordfish

  1. Portion swordfish steaks into 18 equal pieces. Rub each with olive oil and season with salt and pepper.  
  2. Grill to 130°F.

Pesto Butter 

  1. Soften 2 sticks of butter and combine with the pesto. Set aside.  

Fennel Pollen Dusted Oven Dried Heirloom Tomatoes Pecorino & Italian Parsley Salad 

  1. Cut cherry tomatoes in half, place them on a wire rack, drizzle with olive oil, season with salt and pepper, 1 tablespoon sugar, 1 tablespoon herbs de Provence, and ½ tablespoon fennel pollen.  
  2. Bake in 315°F oven 40 minutes until tomatoes are half their size and lightly browned.  
  3. Peel and thinly slice shallots. Remove flat parsley leaves from the stems.
  4. Combine shallot, parsley, pecorino, zest and juice of 1 lemon, 2 tablespoons olive oil to the tomatoes. Set aside.  

Grapefruit Campari Aioli 

  1. Combine 1 cup mayo, grapefruit zest, 1 tablespoon grapefruit juice, 2 tablespoons Campari, 1 teaspoon sugar, and salt and pepper. Set aside.  

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