Homemade béarnaise reduction (béarnaise essence, the tarragon and vinegar base for the sauce) is very easy to make, and it calls for only a few ingredients.
A good homemade béarnaise sauce almost deserves a homemade reduction too. At least when you have the time, the energy and the ingredients to hand. Store it in a sterilised container (rinse it with boiling water) in the fridge until needed, – it keeps well for 2-3 weeks.
I make my béarnaise reduction with white wine vinegar and white wine, – you can replace the white wine with water and the white wine vinegar with plain white vinegar, – but I prefer it as written in the recipe.
How much reduction to use in your béarnaise sauce is partly a matter of taste. With my homemade reduction, I use about 3 tablespoons for 1 batch of béarnaise sauce. You can always add more when you season the sauce at the end, – but it is hard to take the acidity back out once you have added too much.
So taste as you go when you make the sauce.
Homemade béarnaise reduction
Ingredients
- 100 ml white wine vinegar
- 100 ml white wine
- 5-6 sprigs fresh tarragon (save the leaves for the sauce, if you like) – or 1 1/2 tbsp dried
- 2 shallots, finely chopped
- 7 peppercorns
- A pinch of salt
Method
- Finely chop the shallots and put them in a saucepan with the white wine vinegar, white wine, peppercorns, tarragon and a pinch of salt.
- Bring to the boil, then let it simmer over a medium heat until reduced by about half.
- Pour the béarnaise reduction through a fine-mesh sieve and let it cool slightly.Store in the fridge in an airtight container until needed.
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Hej Dianna,
kan jeg bruge zittaur løg istedet for skalotte løg.
Hej Flemming
Det kan du sagtens gære ja, men pas på mængden – brug det der svarer til størrelsen på skalotteløg 🙂
Warm wishes, Dianna
Hejsa
Skal bruge en bestemt hvidvin?
Hej Nanna
Nej bestemt ikke, men vil ikke anbefale en f.eks. sød risling. Jeg bruger en chardonnay da det er hvad vi altid har hjemme 🙂
Warm wishes, Dianna
Hej Dianna
Kan essensen fryses – evt. som store isterninger?
Dbh. Michael
Hej Michael
Den kan sagtens fryses, og god idé i isterningebakker.
Warm wishes, Dianna
Hvor længe kan den holde sig?
Hej Louise
Uhhh den kan holde længe. I en steril flaske og på køl, så burde den fint kunne klare 1-2 måneder 🙂
Warm wishes, Dianna
Hej kan man bruge essen med det samme efter den er lavet?
Hej Nicki
Det kan du sagtens ja 🙂
Warm wishes, Dianna