beurre blanc
noun
: a seasoned butter sauce (as for fish) flavored with white wine, shallots, and vinegar or lemon juice
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Our favorite bite of the night was a dish with Kaluga caviar served atop a buckwheat blini that floated in a moat of beurre blanc.
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Maddy Johnston, Axios, 4 Dec. 2024
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.
—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
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Maddy Johnston, Axios, 4 Dec. 2024
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.
—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
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“Beurre blanc.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beurre%20blanc. Accessed 15 Dec. 2024.
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