Beurre Maître d'Hôtel during the last few minutes of cooking. It may be used in the place of a sauce, and a small amount can significantly add to a dish's overall flavor. Beurre Maître d'Hôtel is used as an ingredient in Chateaubriand sauce, which is sometimes used in the preparation of Chateaubriand steak. The butter is used in the last stage of the sauce's preparation, whereby after the sauce is strained, it is finished with Beurre Maître d'Hôtel. Chopped tarragon may also be added to the sauce during this last preparation stage. Beurre Maître d'Hôtel Beurre Maître d'Hôtel, also referred to as Maître
Beurre blanc Beurre blanc Beurre blanc—literally translated from French as "white butter"—is a hot emulsified butter sauce made with a reduction of vinegar and/or white wine (normally Muscadet) and grey shallots into which cold, whole butter is blended off the heat to prevent separation. The small amounts of lecithin and other emulsifiers naturally found in butter are used to form an oil-in-water emulsion. Although similar to hollandaise in concept, it is considered neither a classic leading nor compound sauce. This sauce originates in Loire Valley cuisine. The chef Clémence Lefeuvre (née Clémence Prau) invented "beurre blanc", apparently by accident, some time around