White Wine Sauce
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Published 2011-06-18
You will need:- shallots, onion, butter, fresh thyme, white wine, double cream, crème fraiche, vegetable bouillon, flour, vegetable oil
Firstly finely chop the four shallots and the half an onion and then sweat them for 5 minutes in a pan with a little butter and oil, you can also add your sprigs of fresh thyme at this point.
After 5 minutes remove the pan from the heat and then you add half a bottle of white wine; return to the heat and reduce the sauce by half. This takes approximately 15-20 minutes.
To this reduction you can then add a pinch of ground black pepper, 250ml of vegetable bouillon and 800ml of double cream/crème fraiche combined (400ml of each); bring back to the boil and then simmer for 10 minutes.
Remove from the heat and then pass the mixture through a sieve to remove all the onions and thyme etc. Return the sauce to the pan and now you can thicken the sauce to your required consistency using a beurre meunière (this is a 50% butter, 50% flour mixture) or cornflour is equally as good mixed with a little water. Add the mixture gradually, whisking it in each time, the sauce has to be brought back to the boil for the thickening process to be effective.
If you don't want to use the sauce immediately you can cool it down for an hour and then cover and store in the fridge for 2-3 days.
Et voila! A tasty base sauce for many home-cooked favourites!
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All Comments (21)
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This is hands down the best white wine sauce tutorial. I've watched a lot and this one uses the proper amount of reduction and flavour. This is the only one to sweat onions off at the start with dry thyme. I made this and can say it was beautiful. Well done, chef!
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Damn, I wish I had come here first. After watching about 10 videos this is what I’ve actually been searching for. Thanks!
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I tried this recipe and it was amazing. Thank you very much.
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Dude, I love your technique and approach. Reminds me of how I grew up cooking.
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I'm so glad that you are back! Btw, I enjoyed this video--and as always when I watch you--I learn something new. Thank you!
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Just made this sauce. Wife loves it! Merci!
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Pure class. Keep it coming
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Your intro is louder than everything!!!
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that was perfect, good job.
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@rushtoqueue Many thanks for your comment, glad the sauce worked well for you! I promise you it isn't the kitchen from American Psycho but I shall watch that film again with interest now! All the best Stef le Chef
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mmmm nice I'm. going to try this.looks good
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Looks Good!
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love this !!
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Hi there, Thanks for your comment, glad you like the receipe, i understand your problem, my suggestion to you will be to try to find 250ml little bottles, may supermarkets store them, cause yes once you open a normal size bottle usually it needs to be used within a few days. Sorry can`t be more help, i hope that helps. All the very best. Stef
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This is by far the easiest way to make it
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thanks for the post, nice looking sauce, i've saved the video for later and will give it a try, im surprised by the amount of wine, but ill try it anyway.
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AMAZING tried it today............
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Also, I did a chicken, mushroom and penne pasta with this white wine sauce!
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My favorite
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Hi There indeed it will, this is only my interpretation,happy cooking and thanks for posting. Stef
