Pan Roasted Snapper With Crab
An amazingly flavorful dish perfect for Lent. If you cannot find red snapper, substitute striped bass, mahi-mahi, black sea bass (flakier texture), grouper (firmer texture), pompano, lemonfish or catfish. Courtesy of Chef Frank Brigsten of Brigsten's Restaurant as featured on the Louisiana New Garde television series.
INGREDIENTS
Nutrition- 42
- 3
- 1cup flour
- 1⁄2cup clarified butter
- 1cup fish stock or 1 cup clam juice
- 1 1⁄2cups crabmeat, picked over for shells (16 ounces)
Roasted Garlic and Sun-dried Tomato Butter
- 1
- 1⁄4
- 1⁄4teaspoon salt
- 1
- 1⁄8teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 2
DIRECTIONS
- To make the butter: whirl all ingredients in blender or food processor until smooth. Refrigerate until ready to use.
- Preheat oven to 450F; spray two large saute pans with cooking spray and place in oven to heat.
- Warm serving plates.
- Season fish with 1/2 teaspoon seasoning and dust the skin side with flour.
- Add 1/4 cup clarified butter to each saute pan.
- Place fish in hot butter, skin-side down and cook for a minute.
- Bake in oven for about eight minutes or until flesh flakes easily.
- Place a fillet on each serving plate; discard butter and return pans to high heat.
- Add 1/2 cup stock or clam juice to each pan and bring to a boil.
- Add half the tomato butter to each pan and heat until butter is nearly melted.
- Add 3/4 cup of crab meat to each pan and cook until heated through.
- To serve: Divide the crab meat and sauce evenly over the top of each piece of fish.
- Serve immediately.