beurre blanc

noun

A warm emulsified sauce made with a reduction of vinegar and/or white wine (normally Muscadet) and grey shallots into which butter is whisked.

OriginFrench beurre blanc →
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Meanings

nounbeurre blanc (uncountable)
  1. uncountablecookingA warm emulsified sauce made with a reduction of vinegar and/or white wine (normally Muscadet) and grey shallots into which butter is whisked.

    The seafood-centric barstaurant will have a few specials (lobster ravioli with beurre blanc, anyone?) plus the usual seafood towers, and the excellent bar staff will keep the drinks flowing.

    2022 December 20, Nikita Richardson, “A Plan for Every Kind of New Year’s Eve”, in The New York Times

Origin

  1. Frenchbeurre blanc
  2. Englishbeurre blanc

Borrowed from French beurre blanc (literally “white butter”).

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Chicago

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