Basil Sauce

Recipe Ingredients

1 tablespoon	15ml	Butter
6		Shallots - thinly sliced
4		Garlic cloves - thinly sliced
1 cup	237ml	Chablis
1 cup	237ml	Clam juice
1/4 cup	59ml	White wine vinegar
1/4 cup	59ml	Heavy cream
1		Lemon - juiced
1/2 lb	227g / 8oz	Sweet butter - cut into pieces
1/2		Basil - stems removed
		Salt - (to taste)

Recipe Instructions

In a medium saucepan place the 1 tablespoon of butter and heat it on medium high until it has melted. Add the shallots and garlic. Saute them for 2 to 3 minutes, or until the shallots are tender.

Add the Chablis, clam juice, and white wine vinegar. Cook the ingredients for 15 to 20 minutes, or until it is reduced to 1/4 cup. Add the heavy cream and the lemon juice. Reduce the heat to low and simmer the ingredients for 1 to 2 minutes, or until the liquid starts to thicken. Raise the heat to medium.

While whisking constantly, add the pieces of butter one at a time. Strain the sauce into a blender. Add the basil leaves. Puree the sauce and then season it with the salt. Add some water if the sauce is too thick.

Source:
Cooking Light, Sept. 1995, page 104

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