Creamy Caper Sauce

🛒Ingredients (Grocery List)

  • 5 tbsp Butter

  • 3 tbsp all-purpose Flour

  • 2 cups Fish Broth

  • Pepper

  • 1 large Egg Yolk

  • 2 tbsp small Capers

🍴Serves: 4

⏰Prep Time: 5 min

⏱️Cook Time: 10 min


🥣Instructions

1. In a medium saucepan, melt 3 tablespoons of the Butter over medium heat. Whisk in the Flour until it starts foaming. Whisk in the Broth. Season with Pepper. Bring to a boil, whisking, then reduce the heat to very low and cook for 10 minutes.

2. Meanwhile, in a cup, whisk the Egg Yolk with the Capers. Whisk in a little of the hot sauce, then whisk this mixture into the remaining sauce. Do not let it boil.

3. Remove the pan from the heat and whisk in the remaining 2 tablespoons of Butter until it melts creamily. Serve at once.

💡Tips

  • Some cooks like to enrich this Caper Sauce with a little Milk. Personally, I prefer to whisk in Crème Fraîche. It’s not essential, though, if you don’t like it.

  • Serve with poached fish.