Crappie Cajun Surprise!

Ingredients
•	4 crappie fillets
•	2 tablespoons unsalted butter
•	1 pinch cayenne pepper
•	5 teaspoons sweet paprika
•	1 cup heavy cream
•	5 tablespoons brown sugar
•	3 cloves crushed garlic
•	1 teaspoon corn starch
•	fresh thyme, basil and parsley (to taste)

Preparation

1. Combine the thyme, basil, parsley, cayenne pepper, garlic and paprika and sprinkle over fish in sauté pan. 
2. Melt butter and add fish, cooking until soft but not hard. 
3. Cook for 2 minutes per side. DO NOT DRY OUT THE FISH. 
4. After the fish have been cooked on both sides, remove fish and add brown sugar to pan. 
5. Then add more butter and return the fish to the pan once the sugar is melted. This will 
glaze the fish and finish cooking them. 
6. Remove fish to serving plate and deglace saute pan, adding butter and heavy cream. 
Reduce by 25 percent. 
7. Combine a small portion of liquid with corn starch and add to sauce. Allow sauce to boil 
for about one minute. 
8. Pour sauce on top of fish and garnish with fresh parsley or fruit.