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Lemon-Dill Sauce

This sauce would also taste great served with a variety of fish, as well as sauteed scallops, shrimp or lobster.

Courses: Sauces

Recipe Ingredients

3/4 cup 177mlDry white wine
3 tablespoons 45mlChopped shallot
2 tablespoons 30mlFresh lemon juice
1/2 cup 99g / 3.5ozUnsalted butter - (1 stick) - chilled, and
  Cut into 8 pieces
1 1/2 tablespoons 22mlChopped fresh dill
  Salt - to taste
  Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste

Recipe Instructions

Boil wine, shallot and lemon juice in medium saucepan over high heat until reduced to 1/4 cup, about 6 minutes. Reduce heat to low; add butter, 1 piece at a time, whisking until melted before adding more. Remove pan from heat. Stir in dill. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

This recipe yields about 3/4 cup.

Source:
Bon Appetit, November 1998

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