Orange Butter Sauce (Beurre Blanc) for Seafood
Traditional French Beurre Blanc sauce, with the zest of oranges! Great sauce for seafood dishes.
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This Orange Butter Sauce is a French "Beurre Blanc" ("white butter") sauce based on a reduction of shallots and an acid such as vinegar, citrus juice, or wine, mixed in with cold butter.
Its creamy tanginess works well with mild fish such as trout, shad, or haddock.
It may also be served with any shellfish including lobster, crab, and scallops.
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This recipe comes from a cooking class I took at Scott's Seafood in Folsom, California, presented by Chef David Lamonica.
Orange Butter Sauce (Beurre Blanc) for Seafood
You'll need one large orange or two smallish oranges to have enough juice for this recipe.
Ingredients
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2 oranges
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1/2 cup (120ml) white wine
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2 teaspoons minced shallots
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1/2 pound (2 sticks, 225g) cold, unsalted butter
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Salt and white pepper
Method
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Make a syrup with orange zest, orange juice, wine, and shallots:
Zest half of one orange (about 2 teaspoons) and juice the two oranges (about 3/4 cup).
Put the juice, zest, wine and shallots in a sauce pan on medium high heat.
Elise Bauer Elise Bauer Cook until it is syrupy and almost gone.
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Slowly whisk in butter:
On low heat, whisk in the butter continuously and vigorously, 1 tablespoon at a time.
Elise Bauer Butter is the only emulsifier for this sauce, and if you slowly add it, continuously stirring, the sauce will achieve a silky smooth texture. Do not let the sauce boil!
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Add salt and pepper to taste
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Nutrition Facts (per serving) | |
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614 | Calories |
46g | Fat |
48g | Carbs |
4g | Protein |
Nutrition Facts | |
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Servings: 4 | |
Amount per serving | |
Calories | 614 |
% Daily Value* | |
Total Fat 46g | 59% |
Saturated Fat 28g | 142% |
Cholesterol 121mg | 40% |
Sodium 86mg | 4% |
Total Carbohydrate 48g | 18% |
Dietary Fiber 8g | 28% |
Total Sugars 32g | |
Protein 4g | |
Vitamin C 202mg | 1,008% |
Calcium 150mg | 12% |
Iron 1mg | 4% |
Potassium 685mg | 15% |
*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice. |