Pan Roasted Snapper With Crab

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 42 ounces red snapper fillets, skin on
• 3 teaspoons seafood seasoning (store-bought, your own recipe or seafood seasoning mix)
• 1 cup flour
• 1/2 cup clarified butter
• 1 cup fish stock or 1 cup clam juice
• 1 1/2 cups crabmeat, picked over for shells (16 ounces)
• 1 cup butter, room temperature
• 1/4 cup sun-dried tomato packed in oil, minced
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon fresh basil, minced
• 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 2 tablespoons garlic, roasted

Recipe

• 1 to make the butter: whirl all ingredients in blender or food processor until smooth. refrigerate until ready to use.
• 2 preheat oven to 450f; spray two large saute pans with cooking spray and place in oven to heat.
• 3 warm serving plates.
• 4 season fish with 1/2 teaspoon seasoning and dust the skin side with flour.
• 5 add 1/4 cup clarified butter to each saute pan.
• 6 place fish in hot butter, skin-side down and cook for a minute.
• 7 bake in oven for about eight minutes or until flesh flakes easily.
• 8 place a fillet on each serving plate; discard butter and return pans to high heat.
• 9 add 1/2 cup stock or clam juice to each pan and bring to a boil.
• 10 add half the tomato butter to each pan and heat until butter is nearly melted.
• 11 add 3/4 cup of crab meat to each pan and cook until heated through.
• 12 to serve: divide the crab meat and sauce evenly over the top of each piece of fish.
• 13 serve immediately.