35 Butter Sauce

Sauce beurre blanc

Preparation info
  • For

    four

    people
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in

By Michel Guérard

Published 1986

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Ingredients

Main ingredients

  • 4 tablespoons water
  • 4 tablespoons wine vinegar
  • 2

Method

  1. Combine the water, vinegar and chopped shallots in the saucepan and place it over a gentle heat.
  2. Reduce the mixture by two-thirds of its volume.
  3. Increase the heat and bring the reduction to a fast boil. Put the butter, straight out of the refrigerator, into the centre of the boiling liquid. The butter will gradually melt and be caught up in the seethi