White Wine Velouté Sauce

A versatile white wine sauce, inspired by a French mother sauce, perfectly complements various seafood dishes.

Category Tags:

SaucesIngredient

Cuisine Tags:

FrenchAmerican

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Instructions

  1. Gently heat heavy cream in a saucepan until just below a simmer; cover to keep warm.

  2. In a separate saucepan, simmer wine until its volume is halved.

  3. Add fish velouté to the reduced wine, bring to a boil, then lower heat and simmer for 5 minutes, or until the total volume reduces by one cup.

  4. Stir the warm cream into the wine mixture and briefly return it to a simmer.

  5. Stir in butter, season with salt, white pepper, and a dash of lemon juice, then strain and serve immediately.

Nutritional Info (per serving)

Calories: 20 kcal
Carbohydrate: 0 g
Cholesterol: 5 mg
Fiber: 0 g
Protein: 0 g
Saturated Fat: 1 g
Sodium: 22 mg
Fat: 2 g
Unsaturated Fat: 1 g