beurre blanc
noun
: a seasoned butter sauce (as for fish) flavored with white wine, shallots, and vinegar or lemon juice
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Then move onto the pan-roasted striped bass with jumbo lump crabmeat and a caper beurre blanc or the Black Angus beef tenderloin in a pool of bordelaise sauce and bone butter melted on top.
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Jennifer Kester, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
Whole trout is tightly bundled in chicories, grilled until smoky, then bathed in beurre blanc.
—Elazar Sontag, Bon Appétit, 9 Sep. 2024
His finishing touches include citrus beurre blanc, chive, and lemon zest.
—Bypayton Kirol, Fortune Well, 1 July 2024
Choose the former to more fully taste the tender fish, cross-hatched and simply presented in a beurre blanc sauce that makes its savory flavors jump out.
—Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 1 July 2024
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Jennifer Kester, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
Whole trout is tightly bundled in chicories, grilled until smoky, then bathed in beurre blanc.
—Elazar Sontag, Bon Appétit, 9 Sep. 2024
His finishing touches include citrus beurre blanc, chive, and lemon zest.
—Bypayton Kirol, Fortune Well, 1 July 2024
Choose the former to more fully taste the tender fish, cross-hatched and simply presented in a beurre blanc sauce that makes its savory flavors jump out.
—Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 1 July 2024
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“Beurre blanc.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beurre%20blanc. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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