2 messinese Recipes

pine nuts, freshly grated pecorino romano cheese, grated nutmeg, chicken legs , butterflied open and thigh and drumstick bones removed (this can be done by your butcher), salt and pepper, chopped fresh tomatoes, black olives , such as nicoise, capers, rinsed and drained, extra virgin olive oil, balsamic vinegar, hot red pepper flakes, more to taste, dried currants

swordfish, each about 1/4-inch thick (about 2 lb), virgin olive oil, spanish onion, chopped into 1/8-inch dice, salted anchovies, rinsed and filleted, pine nuts , plus 1/4 cup, currants plus 1/4 cup, zest of 2 oranges, bread crumbs, parsley leaves, basic tomato sauce , recipe follows, sicilian black olives, hot chilies, white wine