Name: Beurre Blanc
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Cuisine: France
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon double/heavy cream seasoning to taste; 3 shallots, peeled and finely chopped; 100 g/4 oz/½ cup butter; 250 ml/8 fl oz/1 cup dry white wine; 1 teaspoon lemon juice

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
10 min

Appears in

The New Vegetarian

By Colin Spencer

Published 1986

About

This is a classic French sauce with the distinctive flavour of shallots. Pour over steamed root vegetables, or eat with baked potatoes. I think this sauce is so good, I would have it with almost anything.

Ingredients

3 shallots, peeled and finely chopped
250 ml/8 fl oz/1 cup

Method

Place the shallots and white wine in a saucepan and simmer until reduced by about a third. Cut the butter in flakes and add one by one with the cream, whisking as you go. Season with salt, pepper and lemon juice. The sauce can be further seasoned by adding a tablespoon of fresh herbs.