French · Sauce / condiment

Cold Tarragon Sauce

Name: Cold Tarragon Sauce
Total time: 1 h 42 min
Yield: Makes about 240 ml (1 cup)
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1 clove garlic, finely minced; ¼ tsp shallot, finely chopped; 60 ml dry white wine; 60 ml chicken stock; 80 ml fresh tarragon leaves, chopped; 1 tbsp honey; 1 tbsp white wine vinegar or tarragon vinegar; ½ tsp ground black pepper; ½ tsp kosher salt; 1 tsp soy sauce; 120 ml heavy cream, whipped to soft peaks

A wine-and-stock reduction perfumed with garlic and shallot, stirred into a heap of fresh tarragon with honey, vinegar and soy, then softened with lightly whipped cream. A cool, herbal sauce for terrines, cold chicken and poached fish.

YieldMakes about 240 ml (1 cup)
Hands-on25 min
Total1 h 42 min
Difficulty

Ingredients

Reduction

1 clovegarlic, finely minced
¼ tspshallot, finely chopped
60 mldry white wine
60 mlchicken stock

Tarragon mixture

80 mlfresh tarragon leaves, chopped
1 tbsphoney
1 tbspwhite wine vinegar or tarragon vinegar
½ tspground black pepper
½ tspkosher salt
1 tspsoy sauce

To finish

120 mlheavy cream, whipped to soft peaks

Contains

Gluten
Dairy
Soy
Celery
Sulfites
Legumes (any)
Wheat
Grapes
Onion family (any)
Onion
Garlic
Shallot
Carrot
Tarragon
Black and white pepper
Mold-ripened and koji-fermented foods
Poultry and birds (any)
Chicken
Honey
Histamine (aged and fermented foods)
Lactose
Fructose
FODMAPs (any)
Alcohol

Taste

Sweet
Sour / bright
Salty
Umami / savory
Richness / fat
Herbal / fresh
Aromatic spice

Texture

Creamy

Equipment

Stovetop

Season

Spring
Summer

Occasion

Entertaining

Effort

20–45 min active
1–3 hours total
Difficulty 2
Make-ahead friendly

Nutrition

Calories: low
Protein: low
Carbs: low
Fat: low
Fiber: low
Sodium: low

Budget

Budget: low

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