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Lemon Butter Sauce
Euro / American
Makes
Effort:
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10 min  
Yes		 Lemon butter sauce, often used with fish, is pretty much anything you want that includes lemon and butter as major ingredients. Given here are my favorite formulas. They are quite lemony as given but you can balance to your taste by changing the ratio of wine to lemon juice. Lemon butter sauce can be thickened with a little corn starch suspended in water but I usually don't.
#1 For Fish





 1/3
1/3
2
1 		c
c
T
Lemon Juice
White Wine  
Butter
Red Chili 		This is the sauce I use with fish far more than any other (photo at top left). Almost every fish on my Fish Page (very large page) was tested with this sauce. If you wish you can use freshly ground black pepper to taste instead of the chili.
  1. Seed CHILI and cut into fine threads or chop fine as desired. I use Fresno chilis, but other medium to mild red chilis will work fine. For details see my Chili Page.
  2. Mix Lemon Juice, White Wine and Butter in a small sauce pan and bring to a simmer. Simmer for a couple minutes to reduce the alcohol, then stir in Chili and Pepper (if used) and turn down below a simmer to keep hot.
  3. Serve hot spooned over fish, or as a dip.
#2 For Artichokes





 1/4
1/4
1/4 		c
c
c 		Lemon Juice
White Wine dry
Butter
  1. Mix ALL INGREDIENTS in a small sauce pan, bring to a simmer and simmer for a few minutes to reduce the alcohol.
  2. If desired, thicken with a little corn starch suspended in water.
  3. Serve hot in small but deep bowls for dipping artichoke leaves.
#3 For Asparagus





 1/4
1/4
2
tt 		c
c
T 		Lemon Juice
White Wine dry
Butter, salted
Pepper black
  1. Mix ALL INGREDIENTS in a small sauce pan, bring to a simmer and simmer for a few minute to reduce the alcohol.
  2. Dress asparagus lightly with this dressing and the asparagus will no longer make wine taste bad. Its a good dressing to use even if you aren't drinking wine with your asparagus.
NOTES:
  1. Chili: I use Fresno and seed them since hotness isn't the point. For more information see my Chili Page.
  2. U.S. measure: t=teaspoon, T=Tablespoon, c=cup, qt=quart, oz=ounce, #=pound, cl=clove in=inch
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