Shallot Cream Sauce Recipe

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This shallot cream sauce recipe is rich, smooth, and incredibly easy to make! Roasted shallots blended with cream create a silky homemade shallot cream sauce perfect for steak, chicken, or fish. Use this creamy shallot sauce for steak or as a simple shallot cream sauce for chicken to make any dinner taste restaurant-quality. This elegant yet easy shallot cream sauce comes together with just a few ingredients!

Prep Time5

Cook Time45

Total Time49

Course: Appetizer, Dinner, sauce

Cuisine: All Cuisines, American, French, Mediterranean

Diet: Gluten Free, Kosher, Low Lactose

Servings: oz

Calories: 109kcal

Author: Danielle Wolter

Equipment

Ingredients

6 shallots medium size
⅔ cup heavy cream
3 teaspoons lemon juice fresh
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
¼ teaspoon dry thyme
salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
Spread a ½“layer of Kosher salt in a small baking dish. Arrange the shallots on the salt. Place the baking dish in the center of the oven and bake for 45 minutes, until soft.
Once soften remove from the oven and set aside to cool.
Once shallots are cooled, Peel and transfer to a food processor or blender. Add the cream, lemon juice, mustard, and thyme and puree.
Transfer the shallot cream to a saucepan and season with salt and pepper to taste. (You can add more lemon juice for thyme if preferred.)
Gently heat the shallot cream and spoon it over the fish, steak, or chicken.

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Notes

Roast the shallots until very soft for the best flavor
Don’t boil the sauce after adding cream — heat gently
Add garlic while blending if you want a stronger garlic shallot cream sauce
Add extra lemon juice to brighten the flavor
Thin with a splash of cream if the sauce gets too thick

This is one of the easiest ways to make a restaurant-quality easy shallot cream sauce at home.

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