5.0 – 2 reviews • Low Sodium
| Level: |
Easy |
| Total: |
30 min |
| Active: |
20 min |
| Yield: |
Yield: 6 servings |
Ingredients
- 2 shallots, finely diced
- 1/4 cup white wine vinegar
- 1/4 cup dry white wine
- 1/3 cup heavy cream
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1 cup (2 sticks) cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
- Beurre Blanc Variations, recipes follow
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
- Remove the woody ends of the asparagus spears trimming the spears to the same length.
- Bundle 3 asparagus stalks together and wrap each grouping with one slice of prosciutto, leaving the tips exposed. Drizzle the bundles with olive oil.
- Roast the bundles for 10 minutes, or until the asparagus ends and the prosciutto slices are crisp.
- Drizzle each prosciutto-wrapped asparagus bundle with the prepared beurre blanc and serve.
- Bring the shallots, vinegar, and wine to a boil in a heavy-bottomed saucepan until the liquid is reduced to 2 tablespoons, about 5 minutes.
- Add the cream, salt, and pepper and bring to a boil for 1 minute. Reduce the heat to low and whisk in a few tablespoons butter. Continue to whisk and add a few pieces at a time of the remaining butter. Wait until each addition is incorporated before adding more butter. The sauce should remain warm, but never hot or the sauce will break.
- Remove the sauce from the heat and season with salt, and pepper, to taste. If desired, strain the sauce through a sieve to remove the shallot. Discard the shallot. Serve the sauce immediately.
- Beurre Rouge: Replace the white wine in the original recipe with red wine and the white wine vinegar with red wine vinegar.
- Beurre Citron: Replace the vinegar and wine in the original recipe with 1/4 cup citrus (lemon, lime, and/or orange) juice and add 1 teaspoon citrus zest.
- Lime-Ginger: Replace the vinegar in the original recipe with an equal amount of lime juice and add 1 teaspoon minced fresh ginger.
- Saffron: Add a pinch saffron threads to the reduction.
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size |
1 of 6 servings |
| Calories |
341 |
| Total Fat |
36 g |
| Saturated Fat |
22 g |
| Carbohydrates |
4 g |
| Dietary Fiber |
1 g |
| Sugar |
2 g |
| Protein |
1 g |
| Cholesterol |
99 mg |
| Sodium |
109 mg |
