Makes 6 servings

Ingredients:

• 3 tablespoons pine nuts
• 1 garlic clove
• 3/4 cup fresh basil, picked clean
• 1/8 cup olive oil
• 3 tablespoons Parmesan cheese, grated
• Salt and pepper, to taste
• 3 tablespoons white wine
• 1/2 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 shallot, diced fine
• 1 teaspoon black peppercorns
• 1 bay leaf
• 1/4 tablespoon heavy cream
• 1/4 pound unsalted butter, cut up
• 1 leek, trimmed and diced
• 1 cup red ripe tomato sauce (recipe follows)
• 6 sea bass fillets, trimmed
• 1/2 cup lump crabmeat, picked clean

Red Ripe Tomato Sauce:
(makes one quart)

• Extra virgin olive oil
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, chopped
• 2 teaspoons dried oregano
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1 tablespoon cooking wine/sherry
• 2 cans tomatoes, undrained (12 to 13 ounces each)
• 1 1/2 tablespoons tomato puree
• 1 1/2 tablespoons tomato sauce
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
• Salt, to taste

Instructions for Pesto:

In a food processor, blend the pine nuts and garlic. Add basil and alternate adding oil and Parmesan cheese. Season to taste and reserve.

Instructions for Tomato, Leek and Crab Beurre Blanc:

Reduce wine and lemon with shallot, bay leaf and peppercorns to sec (dry). Add heavy cream and reduce to 1/3 volume. Fold in butter and reserve. Blanch leeks and prepare tomato sauce.

Instructions for Fish:

Trim fish and spread a small amount of prepared pesto over the surface. Arrange on paper-lined sheet pans and bake at 400°F until fish flakes and crust is slightly browned. Prior to service slightly warm crabmeat and fold together with leeks and tomato into the beurre blanc. Serve under fish fillets.

Instructions for Red Ripe Tomato Sauce:

Heat the oil in a frying pan and gently fry the chopped onions and the garlic. This will take about 10 minutes or so. Add the oregano, the Worcestershire sauce and the sherry. Fry for another 2 or 3 minutes. The mixture should be fairly thick and brown in color. Now add the rest of the ingredients and continue to cook on a low heat, stirring occasionally, until everything is well mixed. Let simmer for 30 minutes.