Butter Sauce (Beurre Blanc)

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Ingredients

  • 1.0 eachShallots
  • 2.0 tablespoonTarragon
  • 0.25 cupWine, White
  • 0.25 cupVinegar, White Wine
  • 0.25 poundButter

Instructions

1

Finely mince the shallot (use two if they're smaller. You want about a quarter cup) and the fresh tarragon.

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2

Place the shallots, tarragon, vinegar and wine in a sauce pan.

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3

Reduce until the liquid is almost totally evaporated.

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4

Remove from heat, and stir in butter, a chunk at a time. You want to cream the butter, but not truly melt the butter, so keep stirring the sauce.

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5

Continue adding butter ...

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6

... until you have sufficient sauce.

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7

Strain the sauce through a fine sieve, pressing on solids to extract everything.

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Recipe Complete!

Enjoy your Butter Sauce (Beurre Blanc)!

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