lemon butter sauce
Tangy melted spread
Lemon butter sauce is a simple emulsion of butter, lemon juice, and often garlic or herbs, used to finish fish, vegetables, or pasta.
The butter provides richness while the lemon adds brightness: Drizzle the salmon with lemon butter sauce.
Also called lemon butter or beurre blanc when made with white wine and shallots.
- creamySmooth and rich
- richHaving much of something
- piccataLemon-butter-caper sauce method
- emulsificationDispersing one liquid in another
- garlicPungent culinary bulb
deglazing · capers · smooth · zest · chicken · whisking · citrus · shallots · shrimp · white wine · white fish · fish · scallops · reduction · meunière · Dover sole · parsley · fresh herbs
- fish cookingsmoked trout, trout almondine, smoked haddock, fried bass, baked cod
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Rich milk-based topping
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