How to Use beurre blanc in a Sentence
beurre blanc
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Make the beurre blanc: To a small pot over medium heat, add the peppercorns, lemon, shallot, and white wine.
— David Guas, Saveur, 28 Mar. 2024 -
The beurre blanc came out smooth and creamy, though the lipped edges of the pan ran hot, burning the edges of the liquid.
— Barbara Bellesi Zito, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 July 2023 -
From escabeche to beurre blanc, here are the very best dishes to get your ramp fix this spring.
— Saveur Editors, Saveur, 7 May 2020 -
To say beurre blanc is transformative is to say the very, very least.
— Alex Hitz, House Beautiful, 28 June 2013 -
To make the lemon beurre blanc: In a hot sauté pan, add one tablespoon of butter and the shallots.
— Nancy Miller, The Courier-Journal, 13 Feb. 2018 -
In time for grilling season, the sauce that seems just right is that most classic of all French sauces: beurre blanc.
— Alex Hitz, House Beautiful, 28 June 2013 -
Place salmon filets skin side up on a platter and garnish with salmon roe beurre blanc and lemon wedges.
— National Geographic, 2 July 2019 -
Drizzle with lemon beurre blanc and top with tomato jam.
— Nancy Miller, The Courier-Journal, 10 Apr. 2018 -
The upmarket surf-and-turf says it all: halibut, topped with trout roe and beurre blanc paired with an eight-ounce A5 wagyu.
— Kathy A. McDonald, Variety, 7 Sep. 2023 -
Nawab takes Maryland Peekytoe Crab meat and poaches it in a French beurre blanc, thinned with lemon juice.
— Julia Sayers, AL.com, 7 Feb. 2018 -
Breakfast, lunch, and dinner are served, but come for a cocktail and stay for a meal of fresh tuna tartare followed by seared grouper in a beurre blanc.
— Kaitlin Menza, Town & Country, 8 Jan. 2019 -
The fish sits atop a full plate of velvety beurre blanc perforated with umami capers from the Mongers’ stash and a fresh lime wedge.
— Detroit Free Press, 6 Mar. 2024 -
There is also fresh lobster with creamy tarragon sauce and beurre blanc (a French butter sauce) on a bed of fettuccine.
— Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2023 -
The new dinner menu — with six starters, six entrees and six desserts — includes dishes like salmon in beurre blanc, coq au vin, beef Bourguignon and cassoulet.
— Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Dec. 2023 -
As mandated by the brewpub bible, there is a burger, a thin patty ground in-house and served with raw-milk cheddar and smoked tomato beurre blanc on brioche.
— Julia Thiel, Chicago Reader, 20 Sep. 2017 -
Caviar currently stars in a dish of seared red snapper with sunchoke confit and a saffron citrus beurre blanc.
— Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Mar. 2022 -
So, too, fat nine-herb cappelletti were bathed in a beurre blanc and a judicious sprinkling of Parmigiano.
— John Mariani, Forbes, 11 June 2021 -
Then drape the scallops with beurre blanc — a classic French sauce made with wine, vinegar, shallots and lots of butter — for an extra dose of luxury.
— Aaron Hutcherson, Washington Post, 13 Feb. 2023 -
Dots of horseradish cream, fingerlings and powdered cashews bring earthy flavors to classic Dover sole in beurre blanc.
— Phil Vettel, chicagotribune.com, 23 Mar. 2018 -
But there’s also tinned fish on a plate in the style of modern wine bars, chilled poached prawns with vadouvan aioli and roasted halibut in an elegant Meyer lemon beurre blanc.
— Michael Russell, oregonlive.com, 2 Aug. 2019 -
Course 2: Fennel and apple salad, scallop, beurre blanc.
— Marc Bona, cleveland, 18 Aug. 2022 -
Adrienne feels confident with her dish: a butter poached lobster with mountain bread, champagne beurre blanc and caviar.
— Luis Miguel Echegaray, SI.com, 15 Feb. 2018 -
Maryland blue crab draped with lemon beurre blanc and presented on a crisp wonton nets another rich pleasure.
— Washington Post, 27 July 2021 -
Ringed in a luminous beurre blanc, succulent twin Gulf prawns locked heads over creamy, perfectly cooked Anson Mills grits.
— Adam Erace, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2020 -
Bub and Grandma’s focaccia comes capped with burrata and blistered Sun Gold tomatoes; seared striped bass with beurre blanc nestles in a bed of crisp pea tendrils.
— Garrett Snyder, Los Angeles Magazine, 31 May 2018 -
Signature’s lobster complemented the firm, alabaster meat with a lush beurre blanc and tangy rings of shallot confit ($65).
— Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 4 Feb. 2021 -
Dishes featuring togarashi scallops with beurre blanc or charred gochujang pork with sour cherry soy sauce are only the tip of the culinary ice berg.
— Alissa Fitzgerald, Forbes, 28 Apr. 2021 -
Mains include bulgar wheat stuffed cabbage, parsnip purée and herb oil; mussels, cider, parsley and seeded garlic baguette and seabass with beurre blanc, pickled dulse and pink fir potatoes.
— Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023 -
The French feast that followed—filet de boeuf au poivre, halibut au beurre blanc, and poulet fermier croustillant—defied any assumptions about the light fare so often served at fashion week fetes.
— Ian Malone, Vogue, 10 Feb. 2024 -
The traditional malt vinegar becomes a velvety beurre blanc.
— Jenn Harris Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2021
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