Mortons Beurre Blanc Sauce Food

MORTON'S STEAKHOUSE SHRIMP ALEXANDER

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 500.
• Combine breadcrumbs, shallots, parsley, and garlic. You may wish to add some salt and pepper to taste.
• Peel, devein, and butterfly shrimp.
• Dip shrimp in butter (butter should be warm, not hot) then in breadcrumb mixture, and
• Place shrimp in a baking dish or oven-proof pan with sides. Pour remaining butter into the pan so the shrimp can cook in the butter.
• Bake shrimp at 500 degrees for 5 minutes or until done and the breading is lightly browned.
• Place wine, lemon juice, and shallots into a small pan. Heat over medium heat.
• When the wine has reduced to only a tablespoon, reduce the heat to the lowest setting on your stove. Start to add in small nobs of butter, stirring constantly until the butter melts.
• Stir the sauce continually, adding in more butter only after the last addition has melted and the sauce has thickened.
• The sauce will be done when the sauce has thickened and is a pale yellow. Do not allow the sauce to get too hot or it will break.

BEURRE BLANC (CLASSIC FRENCH BUTTER SAUCE)

Steps:

• Heat 1 tablespoon of butter in a saucepan and add the shallots. Cook briefly, stirring, and add the vinegar and wine. Cook until the liquid is almost totally reduced.
• Add the heavy cream and salt and bring to the boil. Add the pieces of butter, a few at a time, stirring rapidly with a wire whisk.

CLASSIC BEURRE BLANC: WHITE BUTTER SAUCE

Steps:

• In a heavy 2-quart saucepan, combine vinegar, wine, shallots, lemon, and bay leaves to make an infusion. Simmer over medium heat for 5 to 8 minutes until the mixture is reduced to a wet paste, about 2 tablespoons. Add the cream and continue to simmer until reduced again to about 2 tablespoons. Cream is added to make the sauce more stable and less likely to separate.
• Reduce the heat to low and remove the bay leaves. Whisk in the chunks of butter in small batches. The butter should melt without the sauce getting too hot, producing a creamy emulsified sauce. Do not let the sauce go over 130 degrees F, where it will separate. If the sauce starts to break, remove from heat, add 2 ice cubes and whisk until it cools down and comes back together. Season with salt and pepper, fold in the chives, and serve immediately. Keep covered in a warm place for a few hours, if needed.
• Serve with fish or vegetables.

WHITE BUTTER SAUCE: BEURRE BLANC

Steps:

• In a 1 1/2 quart saucepan combine vinegar, wine, shallots, salt and white pepper and bring to a simmer.
• Gently simmer liquid until reduced to 1 1/2 tablespoons. Remove from heat and immediately swirl or whisk in 2 pieces of chilled butter. As the butter is incorporated into the liquid add another piece and continue to swirl or whisk. Return pan to low heat and while constantly swirling or whisking add successive pieces of butter. When all of the butter has been added remove from heat. Sauce will be thick and creamy. Adjust seasoning to taste. Serve immediately. To hold the sauce, set the pan in a larger pan of lukewarm water. If the sauce separates, transfer a spoonful of the sauce to a cold mixing bowl and gradually whisk the rest of the sauce in by the spoonful. The sauce can be reheated by gradually whisking 2 to 3 tablespoons of hot liquid, i.e. water, cream or stock.

RAYMOND BEURRE BLANC

Steps:

• Combine the shallots, white wine, and lemon juice in a non-reactive saucepan over high heat and reduce to 2 tablespoons.
• Add the cream to the reduction. Once the liquid bubbles, reduce the heat to low. Add the butter, one cube at a time, whisking first on the heat and then off the heat. Continue whisking butter into the reduction until the mixture is fully emulsified and has reached a rich sauce consistency. Season with salt and white pepper. Store beurre blanc in a thermos until ready to serve.

BEURRE BLANC

Steps:

• Boil the vinegar, wine and shallots until reduced to 3 tablespoons. Remove from the heat and beat in the butter a piece at a time. Season with salt and pepper. Strain and serve.

MORTON'S BEURRE BLANC SAUCE

Steps:

• 1. In a medium saucepan, heat the clarified butter over medium-low heat. Add the shallot and sauté for 2 to 3 minutes, or until it softens without coloring. 2. Add the wine, raise the heat to medium-high, and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 3 to 4 minutes, or until the wine reduces and the liquid coats the bottom of the pan. Add the cream and simmer, stirring often, for 5 to 7 minutes, or until reduced by half. 3. Reduce the heat to low and begin adding the butter, a tablespoon at a time, whisking after each addition. Do not allow the cream to boil once the butter is added. Serve each fillet garnished with a lemon half and the beurre blanc sauce on the side. Notes: Buerre Blanc is a delicious, classic sauce. You can varry the flavor easily by adding a bit of Lemon Juice or Orange Juice to the base/wine phase of creating this sauce. Finish it with the zest. When -mounting- the butter, the butter must be very cold and it helps to have the butter cut up. As you are whisking (and it's constant) you would do well to move the pan on and off the heat, keeping the sauce "finger hot". To make a really stable sauce, one can pre-reduce the cream and then chill, resembling something like Noxema Cold-Cream. One can also fill a vacuum thermos (very clean, no coffee residue) with very hot water, then pour out the water and pour the sauce into it, holding the sauce at the corect temerature. If the sauce does -break- (seperate)... you can resuce the efforts by using a hand-prep blender or, you can add mustard (a natural emulsifier) and still have a very tasty sauce.

BASIC BEURRE BLANC SAUCE

Steps:

• Place shallot, bay leaf, peppercorns, vinegar, and wine in a saucepan. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium and continue simmering until only 2 tablespoons of liquid remain.
• Pour in heavy cream and bring to a simmer; simmer until the cream has reduced by half. Increase heat to medium-high, and rapidly whisk in the butter, piece, by piece until it has melted into the cream and thickened it. Strain the sauce through a mesh strainer to remove the spices. Serve immediately.