---------- exported from cookworks for meal-master, v7.0 title: butter sauce categories: professional, sauce servings: 1 2 oz unsalted butter 2 oz bread flour 2 c water 5 egg yolk 2 oz heavy cream 1 oz fresh lemon juice kosher salt white pepper 4 oz unsalted butter heat the butter in a saucepan, over a medium-low flame whisk in the flour to make a white roux whisk in the water heat and stir for 10 minutes, until smooth and thickened combine yolks and cream to make a liason add 1 tablespoon hot sauce to the liason-mix well slowly stir the tempered liason back into the hot sauce heat and stir until just below the simmering point, do not boil stir in lemon juice season to taste with salt and pepper strain through a chinois or cheesecloth stir the pieces of butter into the sauce, one at a time keep warm, do not boil serve hot or warm -----