White Wine Cream Sauce

Perfect cream sauce for salmon, pastry wrapped dishes like Chicken Wellington
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course Sauce
Cuisine French
Servings 6

Ingredients
  

  • ¼ cup butter
  • 3 tsp oil
  • 1 small shallot finely chopped
  • 2 TBS garlic squeeze tube
  • ½ cup dry white wine
  • cup vegetable stock
  • cup heavy cream
  • 2 tsp Dijon mustard
  • ½ tsp cornstarch
  • 1 tsp lemon juice
  • 1 ½ TBS finely chopped parsley
  • salt and pepper to taste

Instructions
 

  • Melt the butter and oil over medium heat then add the shallot and garlic and cook for 2-3 mins until softened.
  • Whisk in the wine and bring to a simmer. Cook for 3 mins or until reduced almost completely back to just the volume of butter and oil.
  • Add the vegetable stock and cream and bring to a simmer again, letting it bubble just at a simmer for 4-5 mins until reduced by half.
  • Whisk in the Dijon mustard.
  • Mix the cornstarch and 1 teaspoon of water and whisk in. Let it cook for 20 seconds, then remove from heat.
  • Whisk in the lemon juice and parsley then taste and season with salt and pepper to taste.