Orange and Oregano Marinade
Marinato d'Aranci e Origano
Region: Italy, Sicily
Category: Basic Recipes and Sauces
Season: Any
Difficulty: Easy

This marinade is perfect for swordfish, and very nice with beef steaks such as skirt steak or sirloin tips or pork tenderloin.

Yield: Makes 1/2 to 3/4 cup marinade (enough for 1 to 1 1/2 pounds fish, beef or pork)
Preparation Time: 1 minute

1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil

Juice from 1 large orange

1 tablespoon dried oregano

1 to 2 garlic cloves, peeled and finely chopped

Mix all the ingredients together and use to marinate the fish or beef in the refrigerator, covered, for 2 hours.  Remove the food from the refrigerator 15 minutes before grilling.

Posted: 12/11/2006