How to Make Beurre Blanc Sauce

Beurre Blanc is a classic French sauce that means "white butter". It's especially tasty on servings of steamed fresh vegetables or drizzled over chicken or white fish that has been roasted in a pan or poached.

Things You'll Need

• Stove
• Medium saucepan
• Measuring cups and spoons
• Wooden mixing spoon
• Whisk
• Cutting board
• Sharp knife
• 1 stick of butter
• 1/4 cup dry white whine
• 1/4 cup white wine vinegar
• 1 shallot
• 1 tablespoon chopped Italian parsley
• Dash of salt
• Dash of white pepper

Instructions

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1. Mince one shallot and place in a medium saucepan with the white wine and white wine vinegar. While gently stirring, cook over medium heat until the mixture has been reduced to the equivalent of two tablespoons. This should take about six minutes. Turn down the heat and allow the mixture to cool a little bit before adding the next ingredient.

2. Slice the stick of butter into 1/2 inch cubes. With the burner now on low heat, add a few of these butter cubes at a time and whisk them into the shallot/wine/vinegar reduction you have made. Each batch of butter cubes should be pretty much emulsified before adding the next batch.

3. Chop one tablespoon of Italian parsley.

4. Add the chopped parsley, as well as a dash of salt and white pepper and stir until well blended. This will yield approximately 1/2 cup of Beurre Blanc sauce.

5. Ladle, in moderation, over steamed vegetable dishes, chicken or white fish.

Tips & Warnings

• Beurre Blanc sauce needs to be used as close as possible to your actual serving time. Since you'll need to keep it warm, you can either put the saucepan into a shallow pan of simmering water or pour the sauce into a wide-mouth thermos.

• Accomplished cooks who have all kinds of nifty equipment in their kitchens may want to prepare the Beurre Blanc in a double-boiler so that the sauce won't continue to cook after it's done.

• This sauce is especially good over fresh asparagus spears, green beans, and broccoli.

• Don't overheat the sauce while you're stirring it. While overheating isn't going to affect the overall flavor, it will affect the presentation and texture because overheating will cause the butter to separate.

Resources

• Read this Article in Spanish