Serve up this delicious dish for your Valentine.

• 2 seven oz seabass fillets
• 4 large-capped shiitake mushrooms, sliced thin
• 1 tsp oil for saute pan
• 1/4 lb rock shrimp, chopped
• 3 leaves fresh sage, sliced into thin strips (chiffonade)
• 8 asparagus, sliced diagonally, about 2” long
• 1 tsp oil
• Juice of 1/4 of lime

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

2. Preheat an nonstick fry pan to medium high heat.

3. Rough chop the shrimp and combine with sage.

4. Preheat sauté pan to medium high heat.

5. Slice shiitakes thinly to create discs.

6. Season the sea bass with salt and pepper and layer the shiitakes on the top.

7. Add oil to pan and add sea bass, mushroom side up, and sear for 2 – 3 minutes.

8. Sear the other side so that the mushroom crust is now in the pan; sear for 2 minutes, then transfer to the oven for 8 - 10 minutes.

9. Add the butter to the other pan and brown. Add the shrimp and sage mixture and sauté for 2 – 3 minutes. Add the asparagus and saute for 1 – 2 minutes. Add the lime juice and remove from the heat

10. Remove the sea bass from the oven. In the center of a plate place the shrimp and sage butter mix, top with the sea bass and garnish with sage.

11. Tell your wife you love her ... and eat!