Recipe For Versatile Butter Sauce

Butter is one of the most delicious and natural ingredients that you can add to most dishes.

The tender and sweet flavor of butter will enhance the flavor of whatever food to which it is added. The butter flavor in this sauce is enhanced with salt, paprika and pepper which will complement many dishes. The flour gives this butter sauce a creamy texture that is hard to resist.

Make This Recipe In Minutes

You can make this butter sauce recipe right before serving your meal. It only takes five minutes or less to create this butter sauce. The flavor will have family and friends reaching for second helpings of whichever dish has been enhanced with this sauce.

Versatile Butter Sauce Ingredients

• 2 T Butter (used in first part of recipe)
• 2 T Flour
• 1/8 t Paprika
• 1/8 t Pepper
• 1/4 t Salt
• 1 1/2 t Lemon Juice
• 1 cup Water
• 1 T Butter (added later in preparation)

Versatile Butter Sauce Directions

1. Mix the seasonings with the flour and set aside.
2. Over low to medium heat, melt the butter.
3. Blend the seasoned flour into the melted butter in a small saucepan.
4. When the butter and flour are well mixed, add the water and lemon juice. Blend thoroughly. Continue heating until the mixture thickens. Remove from the heat.
5. Add the other tablespoon of the butter gradually in small pieces. Mix the butter in well after each addition. When you are finished blending in the last of the butter, the sauce is ready to be served poured over the dish or on the side. Adjust the seasoning as necessary before serving.

Variations Of This Recipe, Try Them All!

You can vary the flavor of this butter sauce with other ingredients. Add the ingredients as you melt the butter to gently flavor the ingredients. Other additions that will enhance the Versatile Butter Sauce are either:

• 2 chopped Hard Boiled Eggs or
• 2 T chopped fresh Parsley or
• 3 T chopped Capers or
• Use Lime Juice instead of Lemon Juice or
• 1 minced Garlic Clove or
• 1 minced Green Onion
• Use Thyme instead of the Pepper and Paprika

The Versatile Butter Sauce is one of the most delightful additions to any table. The flavor can be customized to match the menu with which you are working. You can even add this sauce to your favorite casseroles. If you use it in a casserole, you can add it before it is thickened because it will thicken as the casserole is baked. The Versatile Butter Sauce can be flavored with your favorite herb so experiment and come up with your personal recipe for butter sauce.

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