Lemon-Garlic Butter Sauce for Seafood Recipe
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A few weeks ago I spent a morning with Chef David Lamonica of Scott's Seafood in Folsom, California, learning all about preparing seafood and sauces that work well with seafood. Of everything we prepared that morning, simple pan fried haddock with this lemon-garlic butter sauce was the most delectable.
Lemon-Garlic Butter Sauce for Seafood Recipe
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Ingredients
1/2 cup clam juice
1/2 cup dry sherry
1/2 cup whole milk
1 Tbsp minced garlic
1 Tbsp minced shallots
1/2 bay leaf
1 Tbsp unsalted butter
1 Tbsp flour
3/4 pound (3 sticks) unsalted butter
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon white pepper
1 Tbsp lemon juice
Method
1 Reduce first six ingredients (clam juice, sherry, whole milk, garlic, shallots, bay leaf) by half in a small saucepan, cooking on medium to medium-high heat.
2 In a separate saucepan (1-qt minimum) prepare the roux. Heat one tablespoon of butter in the saucepan on medium heat until it is foamy. Sprinkle in the flour, stirring a couple of minutes with a metal whisk until well mixed (but not browned).
3 Slowly add the reduced mixture to the roux, stirring quickly to incorporate. When you first add some of the mixture, the roux will bubble up. Just keep adding the mixture and keep whisking to incorporate.
4 Lower the heat to low. Slowly whisk in the butter, 2 tablespoons at a time. Add lemon juice, salt, and white pepper. Add some more clam stock if the sauce is too thick.
Makes about 2 cups.
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Posted by Elise on Jan 7, 2006 and indexed Butter, Butter Sauce, Sauce
Thank you for this recipe! MMMMMMMM good! I used only 1 stick of butter and added canned fire-roasted tomatoes and it was creamy and delicious.