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Beurre Blanc Nantais
A warm, glossy French butter sauce sharpened with white wine, vinegar and shallot.
About Beurre Blanc Nantais
Beurre Blanc Nantais is the warm emulsified butter sauce associated with Nantes in western France. This profile fixes the classic wine, vinegar and shallot reduction without cream, egg yolk or herbs.
Butter supplies a rich dairy sweetness while dry white wine and vinegar bring clean acidity and shallot adds a restrained savoury note.
The finished sauce is ivory-coloured, smooth and glossy, with a light coating texture rather than the heaviness of a cream sauce.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Milk.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Beurre Blanc Nantais
Classic Beurre Blanc Nantais.
- Dry white wineAcidic wine reduction
- White wine vinegarSharp acidity
- ShallotMild savoury aroma
- WaterReduction control
- Cold unsalted butterEmulsion and richness
- Kosher saltSeasoning
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Dry white wine: . Bottle formulation and sulphites threshold remain unresolved
- White wine vinegar: . Bottle formulation and sulphites threshold remain unresolved
- Shallot:
- Water:
- Cold unsalted butter:
- Kosher salt:
Recipe-specific unresolved details
- dry white wine bottle formulation and sulphites threshold
- white wine vinegar bottle formulation and sulphites threshold
Origins & food traditions
Serious Eats identifies beurre blanc as a Brittany-origin butter sauce also called beurre nantais after Nantes. Food & Wine supplies the complete classic dry-white-wine, white-wine-vinegar, shallot, water, unsalted-butter and salt formula fixed here; cream, herbs and lemon variants are excluded.
Countries
- France
- FranceCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Nantais Cuisine
- French Cuisine
- Breton CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.