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Lime cilantro butter sauce
Recipe for a warm lime cilantro butter sauce – made with shallot, garlic, white wine, limes, cream, spicy peppers, butter, and cilantro. This spicy tangy sauce is perfect to serve with fish and seafood dishes.
Course
Condiment, Sauce
Cuisine
American, Fusion, Latin, Southwest, Tex-Mex
Keyword
Cilantro, Lime, Lime cilantro butter sauce, Serrano peppers, Spicy butter sauce, Warm butter sauce
Prep Time
5
minutes
minutes
Cook Time
15
minutes
minutes
Total Time
20
minutes
minutes
Servings
1
to 1.5 cups of sauce
Ingredients
1
medium sized shallot
4
garlic cloves
½
cup
white wine
Juice from 2 limes
2
tablespoons
of lime zest
½
cup
heavy cream
2
Serrano peppers
can also use jalapenos for a less spicy version
4
oz
1 stick of unsalted butter, room temperature, cut into 8 pieces
1
bunch of cilantro
Salt to taste
Instructions
Combine the shallot and garlic cloves in a mini food processor and pulse until well minced.
Bring the white wine to a boil in a small saucepan over medium heat and reduce to half the amount.
Add the minced shallots and garlic, the lime juice, lime zest and cream to the reduced wine.
Continue cooking until reduced by half again, about 10 minutes, and remove from the heat.
Blend the warm sauce mix with the Serrano peppers; include the seeds and membranes if you want it extra spicy.
Add the butter, piece by piece, and blend well.
Add the cilantro and blend until completely minced.
Add salt to taste.
Serve the sauce warm.