Herbed Butter Sauce

Brush this butter sauce over grilled salmon steaks or use on vegetables.

Ingredients:

2 shallots, minced
1 tablespoon unsalted butter, plus 1/2 cup cold unsalted butter
1/4 cup Chardonnay
2 tablespoons chicken stock
1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/4 cup heavy cream
1/2 cup packed chopped tarragon leaves
2 tablespoons packed chopped parsley leaves
Salt and freshly ground black pepper

 

Directions:

To make the sauce: in a small pan, sweat the shallots in butter. Add the wine, stock, vinegar, and lemon juice and simmer until reduced by half.

Stir in 3 tablespoons cream. Add half of the tarragon. Whisk in the cold butter, 1 tablespoon at a time, strain and add remaining tarragon and chopped parsley. Season with salt and pepper to taste.