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White Butter Sauce

By America's Test Kitchen

Published on January 28, 2011

Time

20 minutes

Yield

Serves 4 (Makes about 2/3 cup)

White Butter Sauce

Ingredients

3 tablespoons dry white wine 2 tablespoons white wine vinegar 1 tablespoon minced shallots Pinch salt 1 tablespoon heavy cream 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, cold, cut into 4 pieces

Before You Begin

Serve this simple sauce with fish or vegetables.

Instructions

  1. Bring white wine, vinegar, shallots, and salt to boil in a small, heavy-bottomed sauce pan over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until reduced by two-thirds, about 5 minutes. Whisk in heavy cream. Increase heat to high and add unsalted butter. Whisk vigorously until butter is incorporated and forms thick, pale yellow sauce, 30 to 60 seconds. Remove pan from heat and serve sauce immediately.
White Butter Sauce

White Butter Sauce

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Time

20 minutes

Yield

Serves 4 (Makes about 2/3 cup)

Ingredients

3 tablespoons dry white wine
2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
1 tablespoon minced shallots
Pinch salt
1 tablespoon heavy cream
8 tablespoons unsalted butter, cold, cut into 4 pieces

Ingredients

3 tablespoons dry white wine
2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
1 tablespoon minced shallots
Pinch salt
1 tablespoon heavy cream
8 tablespoons unsalted butter, cold, cut into 4 pieces

Ingredients

3 tablespoons dry white wine
2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
1 tablespoon minced shallots
Pinch salt
1 tablespoon heavy cream
8 tablespoons unsalted butter, cold, cut into 4 pieces

Before You Begin

Serve this simple sauce with fish or vegetables.

Instructions

  1. Bring white wine, vinegar, shallots, and salt to boil in a small, heavy-bottomed sauce pan over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until reduced by two-thirds, about 5 minutes. Whisk in heavy cream. Increase heat to high and add unsalted butter. Whisk vigorously until butter is incorporated and forms thick, pale yellow sauce, 30 to 60 seconds. Remove pan from heat and serve sauce immediately.

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