Pan Crispy Striped Bass with Brown Butter, Lump Crab Meat and Shiitake -- Watercress Salad

• 6 (6-ounce) fillets of striped bass, skin on
• 1 pound jumbo lump crab meat, shells picked
• 1/4 cup clarified butter
• 1 lemon, juiced
• 2 tablespoons chopped parsley
• 1/4 pound of unsalted butter, cold, cut into pieces
• 1 recipe roasted shiitake mushrooms, recipe follows
• 4 bunches watercress, fleshy stems removed
• Salt and white pepper
• 1 pound shiitake mushrooms, cleaned
• 2 tablespoons garlic
• 1 tablespoon thyme, chopped
• 1 tablespoon rosemary, chopped
• Olive oil
• Salt
• Pepper

1. Heat a 14-inch saute pan to medium high.
2. Dry the skin side of the filets with a cloth.
3. Generously season both sides of the fish with salt and white pepper.
4. Add the clarified butter to the pan and place 3 of the fillets in the pan skin side down.
5. Cook for 3 minutes and gently turn using a fish spatula.
6. Cook an additional 2 minutes and reserve on absorbent cloth.
7. Cook the other fillet in the same fashion.
8. Wipe the hot pan out with a dry clean cloth.
9. Add the cold butter to the pan and swirl around.
10. Allow the butter to brown.
11. Carefully add the crabmeat to the pan and use a wooden spoon to gently stir the pan.
12. Add the lemon juice and parsley.
13. Remove from the heat.
14. In a medium mixing bowl, combine the warm mushrooms and their oil with the watercress.
15. Place some of the mixture on a plate.
16. Place fillet of fish skin side up on top of the salad and top with a generous amount of the crab meat mixture.
17. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
18. In a large bowl, toss together the mushrooms, garlic, herbs, olive oil and salt and pepper.
19. Place the mushrooms on a baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes.

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Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/emeril-lagasse/pan-crispy-striped-bass-brown-butter-lump-crab-meat-shiitake-watercress-salad-recipe.html (may not work)