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French · Sauce / condiment

Lemon-Caper Pan Sauce

A quick sauce built on the fond left by pan-roasted chicken: shallot, white wine and capers reduced hard, then mounted with cold butter, lemon and parsley. A teaspoon of flour keeps the butter from splitting.

  • YieldAbout 240 ml; serves 4
  • Hands-on14 min
  • Total14 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

  • 1large shallot, minced
  • 55 gunsalted butter, 15 g soft, 40 g cold and diced
  • 1 tspplain (all-purpose) flour
  • 360 mldry white wine
  • 3 tbspcapers, rinsed, drained and roughly chopped
  • 3 tbspfresh lemon juice, from 2 lemons
  • 2 tbspfresh flat-leaf parsley, minced
  • to tastekosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

Diet

  • Lower sugar

Contains

  • Gluten
  • Dairy
  • Sulfites
  • Wheat
  • Grapes
  • Citrus fruits (any)
  • Lemon
  • Onion family (any)
  • Shallot
  • Parsley
  • Black and white pepper
  • Histamine (aged and fermented foods)
  • Alcohol
  • Capers

Taste

  • Sour / bright
  • Salty
  • Umami / savory
  • Richness / fat
  • Herbal / fresh

Equipment

  • Stovetop

Season

  • Any season

Occasion

  • Weeknight

Effort

  • Under 20 min active
  • Under 30 min total
  • Difficulty 2

Nutrition

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

Budget

  • Budget: low

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