Ginger Butter Sauce

Name: Ginger Butter Sauce
Yield: Serves 4 (Makes about 3/4 cup)
Ingredients: 1/2 cup, dry white wine; 2 tablespoons, white wine vinegar; 1 tablespoon, minced fresh ginger; 3 medium, garlic cloves, minced or pressed through garlic press (about 1 tablespoon); 1 small, shallot, minced (about 1 1/2 tablespoons); 1/4 cup, heavy cream; 12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks), unsalted butter, cold, cut into 12 equal pieces; 1/2 teaspoon, table salt; Pinch, cayenne pepper

Sauces

Appears in Cook's Illustrated November/December 2009

The perfect addition to pan-seared scallops.

SERVES 4 (Makes about 3/4 cup)

TIME 35 minutes

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