Cuisine American, Belgian, Canadian, Dutch, French
Servings 4persons
Ingredients
For the tarragon vinegar based gastrique
1/4cupwhite wine vinegar
1/2cupwhite wine
1/2tbspolive oil
1smallshallot
2tbsptarragon
1tspsea salt or kosher salt
1/4tspground pepper
Ingredients for the oil phase (ghee)
3.5oz (100 g)butter fat or ghee(made from 4.2 oz (120 g butter)
Other Ingredients
4egg yolks (total 2.4 oz or 70 g)
Instructions
Instructions to make the gastrique
Dice the shallot
Heat the olive oil in a small pan and glaze the shallot at medium fire for 5 minutes
Add the vinegar, the wine, the tarragon and add the salt and pepper
Let simmer for 15 minutes with the lid on (low heat) and then increase the fire a bit and take the lid off to let the vinegar and alcohol cook off a little. Aim to keep 1.75 oz (50 g) liquid left
Strain the mixture through a small sieve and press with a spoon the shallot/tarragon mixture in the sieve to release all its juices. Let the gastrique cool down to room temperature and reserve
Instruction to make the oil phase
Melt the ghee to approximately 120 F (50 C). Find instructions to make ghee from butter easily yourself, under remark 1.
Instructions to bring the sauce together
Bring egg yolks and gastrique to room temperature. Thereafter mix them in a stainless steel bowl or a metal pan with a whisk ( I prefer a thin bottomed pan or bowl as it is more responsive to the heat that is added or taken away
Heat the bowl au bain marie under constant whisking. After a few minutes the temperature will approach 163 F (73 C) and the mixture will become thicker and more viscous. Continue the whisking for a few tens of seconds, so that you whisk a lot of air in, making an in-situ sabayon. Be careful not to overheat.
Notes
Method: au bain marieFood allergy and intolerance information: milk, egg yolk
Keyword bearnaise sauce, butterfat, ghee, sauce based on tarragon vinegar