beurre blanc

noun

: a seasoned butter sauce (as for fish) flavored with white wine, shallots, and vinegar or lemon juice

Examples of beurre blanc in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web His finishing touches include citrus beurre blanc, chive, and lemon zest. Bypayton Kirol, Fortune Well, 1 July 2024 Choose the former to more fully taste the tender fish, cross-hatched and simply presented in a beurre blanc sauce that makes its savory flavors jump out. Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 1 July 2024 His sea critter came atop faux newspaper; mine came with a creamy lemon beurre blanc that turned the hanks of claw meat into something divine. J.r. Patterson, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 June 2024 European Fish & Seafood Ingredients For the beurre blanc: 10 Tbsp. Saveur Editors, Saveur, 14 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for beurre blanc 

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Word History

Etymology

French, literally, white butter

First Known Use

1958, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of beurre blanc was in 1958

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“Beurre blanc.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beurre%20blanc. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.

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