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     Title:  Wine Butter Sauce - Great Chefs
Categories: Basics, Sauces, Masterchefs, Frisco, M
     Yield: 2 servings

     1 tb Butter                            1/2 c  Cream, whipping
     4 tb Puree, shallot                      8 oz Butter
     1 ea Bay leaf                            1 ts Juice, lemon
     1 ts Peppercorns, white, whole           1 ts Chives, chopped
     1 c  Wine, white

      In a saute pan, melt the butter over medium heat.  Add the
 shallot puree and saute for 1 minute more.

      Add the crushed bay leaf and whole white peppercorns.

      Deglaze the pan with 1 cup white wine.  Reduce by two-thirds over
 medium heat (not until dry).

      Add the whipping cream then add the butter a quarter at a time,
 and whip briskly over high heat.  Strain through chinois and reserve.

      Source:  Great Chefs of San Francisco, Avon Books, 1984

      Chef:   Masataka Kobayashi, Masa's, Vintage Court Hotel,
      :       San Francisco, CA

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