Swordfish Tostadas Recipe: A Mexican Seafood Dish

Directions: How to Make the Swordfish Tostadas Recipe

• How to Make Salsa for the Tostadas
  
• Finely dice the tomatoes, red onion, and chilli, and put them into a bowl.
• Squeeze the juice of half a lime over the mixture, and stir, then set aside until you are ready to serve.
• Making the Guacamole
  
• Halve, peel, and destone one avocado.
• Mash up the avocado flesh in a bowl using the back of a fork.
• Mince the garlic and finely dice the chilli.
• Add the garlic, chilli, and lime juice to the mashed avocado. The lime juice will prevent the avocado flesh from turning brown while also adding a zingy flavour.
• Stir the ingredients together, then cover and store in the refrigerator until you are ready to use.
• How to Make the Tostadas
• Put the flour and salt into a mixing bowl.
• Add the oil and pour in some water.
• Stir the mixture together with your hand.
• Continue adding more water until you have a soft ball of dough.
• Knead the dough for a couple of minutes, then wrap in cling film or cover with a tea towel and set aside until you are ready to use the tacos.
• When you are ready to make the tostadas, split the dough into smaller, manageable balls.
• Sprinkle some flour over the work surface and start rolling out one of the balls of dough with a rolling pin.
• Every few rolls, turn the dough over and rotate it to the right by 90 degrees.
• When you have rolled the dough until it is approximately the thickness of a ten-pence piece, it is ready to cut into taco shells.
• Use a large pastry cutter or a mug to mark out the shapes and cut out the tostadas.
• Sprinkle some flour over the first one, add the next one you cut on top, then sprinkle more flour before adding the third. The flour will prevent the tostadas from sticking together before you cook them.
• When all the tostadas are cut, put a frying pan over medium heat on the hob.
• Cook each tostada for a couple of minutes on each side over dry heat in the pan. You should turn them when they begin to get light brown markings.
• The tostadas are now ready to top and serve.
• How to Cook the Swordfish
• Season the swordfish steaks with salt and black pepper, squeeze over the lime juice, and drizzle with olive oil.
• Rub all the ingredients over the swordfish so the fish has an even coating of seasoning.
• Put a frying or griddle pan over medium-high heat on the hob,
• Add the swordfish steaks to the pan, and cook on one side for approximately five minutes or until the fish is beginning to brown or get griddle marks.
• Turn the fish over, and cook on the second side for three to four minutes.
• Remove from the pan and rest on a plate until ready to serve.