How to Make a white sauce for fish
It's easy to make a white sauce that can be used for any light fish. The measurements can be customized to your liking. Does this Spark an idea?
Things You'll Need
- 1 1/2 cups chicken or vegetable stock
- 1 cup white cooking wine
- 1 teaspoon mustard
- Heavy cream
- 1 fresh lemon
Instructions
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Place wine and stock in a saucepan. Place over high heat and allow to boil until liquid is reduced by half.
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Remove from heat and add fresh lemon to taste.
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Reduce heat on stove and replace pot. Allow sauce to simmer for a few minutes and slowly add heavy cream until sauce reaches a consistency that is to your liking. This can take a few minutes; just make sure that the pot is simmering as you add the cream.
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Add 1 teaspoon of mustard and mix well as soon as the desired consistency is reached.
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Allow sauce to cool and spoon over any light fish, or freeze for later use. This sauce works best with tilapia and flounder.
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Tips & Warnings
This is a sauce that can be changed to your taste with great ease. Be sure to taste the sauce as you go. you may want to add more lemon or more white cooking wine. The cooking wine gives a great tang to the flavor of the sauce. Vegetarians can use vegetable broth instead of chicken broth. This sauce can also be pre-made and frozen to use at a later date.
