Beer Blanc

Name: Beer Blanc
Ingredients: 2 cups white wheat beer; 1/2 cup shallots, sliced; 2 each bay leaves; 2 tsp. cracked black pepper; 1/4 cup heavy cream; 1/4 cup GREY POUPON Country Dijon Mustard; 2 lb. unsalted butter, cut into 1-inch cubes; 4 each navel oranges, cut into supremes Safeway 1 lb For $0.79 thru 02/09; 2 Tbsp. fresh chives, thinly sliced

9 ingredients

10 steps

Ingredients

2 cups white wheat beer
1/2 cup shallots, sliced
2 each bay leaves
2 tsp. cracked black pepper
1/4 cup heavy cream
1/4 cup GREY POUPON Country Dijon Mustard
2 lb. unsalted butter, cut into 1-inch cubes
4 each navel oranges, cut into supremes Safeway 1 lb For $0.79 thru 02/09
2 Tbsp. fresh chives, thinly sliced

Directions

1

Cook beer, shallots, bay leaves and pepper in saucepan on medium heat until mixture is reduced to 2 oz.
2

of liquid (or 1 oz.
3

of liquid for trial recipe), stirring occasionally.
4

Whisk in cream and mustard; cook until liquid is reduced by half.
5

Reduce heat to low.
6

Whisk in butter, 1 or 2 cubes at a time, until the emulsion begins to stabilize.
7

Slightly raise the heat and continue to add butter 2 to 3 cubes at a time and cook until fully incorporated.
8

Strain the sauce through a chinoise or cheesecloth.
9

Gently stir oranges into sauce.
10

Garnish with chives.