Recipe- Elevate The Taste Of Any Dish With Creamy Lemon Butter Sauce

If there’s one sauce that can instantly elevate the taste of any dish it’s added to, it has to be lemon butter sauce. With its deliciously creamy buttery flavor and a slight citrusyaftertaste, lemon butter sauce is a chef’s secret weapon that adds magic to anything its added to, right from pasta, seafood to chicken, or even something as simple as roasted vegetables. Knowing how to make this sauce at home is probably one of the most useful culinary tricks you can learn. So let’s help you with that, shall we?

Learning how to make lemon butter sauce at home is necessary as it can dramatically transform even the dullest dish into something spectacular. And worry not as it is incredibly easy to prepare from scratch. All you’ll need is some lemon juice, good quality butter, shallots, garlic, and herbs of your choice to enhance its flavor. You can also add garlic and cream to make the sauce rich and thicker in consistency.

Ingredients

3 medium-sized freshly squeezed lemon
2 small shallots finely chopped or minced
1/2 cup fresh cream
100 gram unsalted butter melted
2 large garlic cloves finely chopped
1 tbsp of fresh thyme finely chopped
2 tbsp of fresh parsley finely chopped
salt & pepper as per taste

Method

* To make lemon butter sauce, take a small saucepan and melt butter over medium to low heat.

* Allow the butter to cook in the saucepan without burning it.
* Keep swirling the pan to ensure the butter doesn't burn as that can easily happen within seconds if left unattended.

* Now as the butter turns to a golden brown color and starts to give out a nutty aroma, keep swirling the saucepan for the next 5 minutes or so.

* Once that happens, add the minced shallots and garlic. Allow them to cook in the butter until they begin to turn golden brown.

* Once that happens, take the pan down the heat and quickly stir in the herbs ( in this case, finely chopped thyme and parsley sprigs), lemon juice, and salt and pepper as per taste.

* If you want the sauce to be thicker, add 1/2 a cup of fresh cream into it. This will make the sauce thicker and creamier.
* After it's made, you can serve it over pasta, salmon, or sauteed vegetables to dramatically enhance their flavor.