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Lesson Overview
Butter sauce is also called a beurre blanc sauce (“white butter”) or sauce blanc. It is a classic French butter sauce that is often served at fancy restaurants. It is considered by some to be a bit more challenging sauce because it has a tendency to split.
Beurre blanc or butter sauce goes we…
Click to expand...Lesson Objectives
At the end of this lesson you'll be able to:
- identify the main components of a butter sauce or beurre blanc
- make a butter sauce or beurre blanc sauce
- understand how to properly hold and serve a butter sauce or beurre blanc
- know how to fix a split a butter sauce or beurre blanc sauce
- know how to vary a butter sauce or beurre blanc to create a variety of different sauces
Course Syllabus
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| 1. | Introduction: How to Make a Butter Sauce | 2 mins |
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| 2. | Complete Your Self Assessment | 2 mins |
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| 3. | French Butter Sauce Components | 2 mins |
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| 4. | Making a French Butter Sauce | 8 mins |
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| 5. | Serving & Holding Butter Sauces | 2 mins |
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| 6. | Fixing a Split Butter Sauce | 2 mins |
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| 7. | Variations of Butter Sauces | 4 mins |
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| 8. | Practice Activities & Recipes | 45 mins |
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| 9. | Lesson Quiz | 15 mins |
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| Finish Line | 1 hr 22 mins | Total Time |
Practice Recipes
A few of the practice recipes you'll learn in this lesson.
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9 Tasks
Task 1: Introduction: How to Make a Butter Sauce
Task 2: Complete Your Self Assessment
Task 3: French Butter Sauce Components
Task 4: Making a French Butter Sauce
Task 5: Serving & Holding Butter Sauces
Task 6: Fixing a Split Butter Sauce
Task 7: Variations of Butter Sauces
Task 8: Practice Activities & Recipes
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