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Baked Fish with Seafood & Sausage Stuffing
with White Wine Sauce

Seafood Stuffing:
2 Tbsp butter
1/2 pound hot Italian sausage
1 small red pepper, diced small
1 small green pepper, diced small
1-2 cloves, fresh garlic, chopped fine
1 leek, chopped fine
1 cup crab meat, shredded
1 cup popcorn shrimp
black pepper
1 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese
1-2 cups bread crumbs

1. Melt butter in a large sauté pan.
2. Remove casing from sausage, crumble, and add to butter.
3. Add red and green peppers, garlic, and leek. Cook over medium heat until sausage is cooked through and vegetables are tender.
4. Add crab meat and popcorn shrimp, stir to heat through and remove from heat.
5. Season with fresh ground black pepper. Stir in cheese. Add bread crumbs to thicken and bind all ingredients

White Wine Sauce:

1 cup white wine
1 shallot, chopped fine
1 clove fresh garlic, chopped fine
2 cups heavy cream
1 chicken bouillon cube or 1/4 cup chicken broth
black pepper
1 Tbsp fresh parsley, chopped
Cayenne pepper
2 Tbsp flour
2 Tbsp butter

1. Melt butter in small pan over medium heat, whisk in flour, and cook for 1 minute.
2. Combine wine, shallot, and garlic in small sauce pot. Cook until reduced by half.
3. Add cream and chicken broth, stirring until slowly simmering.
4. Whisk in butter and flour mixture a little at a time until sauce begins to thicken. Cook for another minute and then remove from heat.
5. Whisk in parsley. Season with black pepper and a pinch of cayenne.

Select fresh fish filets. Arrange in a baking dish and top with seafood stuffing. Top with white wine and/or melted butter, sprinkle with paprika. Bake in a 375 degrees oven until fish is cooked through. Baking times will vary with the thickness of the fish filets, but generally figure ten minutes per inch thickness of the filet. (Do not overcook!) Serve topped with white wine sauce.