Servings: 1 cup
Lemon Butter Sauce
This EASY Lemon Butter Sauce recipe is an elegant, smooth sauce you’ll want to drizzle all over proteins, pasta, veggies!
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- 1 fresh lemon zest and juice, divided
- 1 clove garlic grated
- 1/2 teaspoon coarse kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground white pepper
- 1 tablespoon heavy cream
- 2 teaspoon flat parsley chopped, optional
Instructions
- Melt the 1 cup unsalted butter in a small saucepan over low heat. Add the zest from 1 lemon, grated 1 clove garlic, 1/2 teaspoon coarse kosher salt and 1/4 teaspoon ground white pepper. Simmer for 3-4 minutes.
- Take the sauce off the heat and whisk in the fresh juice from the zested lemon, 1 tablespoon heavy cream and chopped 2 teaspoon flat parsley, if using.
- Use immediately or set aside and reheat when ready to use.
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Notes
This sauce will have little white floaters, these are the milks solids and totally normal to not 100% emulsify. Either whisk again or reheat. Using clarified butter and no cream will prevent this from happening, but will not impact the flavor- it tastes better with both, YOU ARE WELCOME :)
Nutrition
Calories: 1716kcal, Carbohydrates: 12g, Protein: 4g, Fat: 190g, Saturated Fat: 120g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 7g, Monounsaturated Fat: 49g, Trans Fat: 7g, Cholesterol: 505mg, Sodium: 1195mg, Potassium: 232mg, Fiber: 3g, Sugar: 3g, Vitamin A: 5934IU, Vitamin C: 59mg, Calcium: 100mg, Iron: 1mg