White Butter Sauce

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Cook's Companion: A step-by-step guide to cooking skills including original recipes

By Josceline Dimbleby

Published 1991

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I love this simple butter sauce, often known by its French name of beurre blanc; it makes an elegant accompaniment to fish, vegetables and egg dishes. Because this sauce does not contain any egg yolks it is more like