Bourbon Butter Sauce Recipes

BOURBON BUTTER SAUCE RECIPE:

Steps:

• In a small saucepan over medium-low heat, combine butter, sugar, bourbon, nutmeg, and water; stirring occasionally until bubbly around the edges. Remove from heat.
• Off the heat, blend beaten egg into hot butter mixture.
• Return to heat; bring to a boil over low heat, stirring constantly. Cook 1 to 2 minutes or until thickened enough to coat the back of a spoon. Do not allow the mixture to simmer as the sauce will curdle. The Bourbon Butter Sauce should be soft, creamy, and smooth.
• Remove from heat and serve warm.
• NOTE: If made in advance, whisk and reheat before serving.
• Makes enough for 6 servings.

BREAD PUDDING WITH BOURBON SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. In 2-quart saucepan, heat milk and 1/4 cup butter over medium heat until butter is melted and milk is hot.
• In large bowl, mix granulated sugar, cinnamon, salt and eggs with wire whisk until well blended. Stir in bread cubes and raisins. Stir in milk mixture. Pour into ungreased 8-inch square (2-quart) glass baking dish or 1 1/2-quart casserole. Place casserole in 13x9-inch pan; pour boiling water into pan until 1 inch deep.
• Bake uncovered 40 to 45 minutes or until knife inserted 1 inch from edge of baking dish comes out clean.
• In 1-quart heavy saucepan, heat all sauce ingredients to boiling over medium heat, stirring constantly, until sugar is dissolved. Serve sauce over warm bread pudding. Store in refrigerator.

FAVORITE BREAD AND BUTTER PUDDING WITH BOURBON SAUCE

Steps:

• 1. Butter 1 1/2-quart casserole or spritz with nonstick cooking spray and set aside.
• 2. Spread one side of each slice of bread with butter, cut each slice into four pieces of equal size, spread half of them in casserole, and sprinkle half of raisins on top. Repeat layers and set aside.
• 3. Beat eggs, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, and nutmeg at high electric mixer speed about 2 minutes until creamy. With mixer at low speed, add milk gradually, then half-and-half.
• 4. Pour over bread and raisins in casserole and let stand uncovered at room temperature 1 hour. After 40 minutes, preheat oven to 350°F.
• 5. When pudding has stood 1 hour, set in large shallow pan, and place on pulled-out middle oven shelf. Pour hot water into pan to depth of 1 inch, slide shelf into oven, and bake pudding uncovered about 1 hour until cake tester inserted in center comes out clean.
• 6. Transfer casserole to wire rack and cool 20 minutes.
• 7. Meanwhile, prepare Bourbon Sauce: Combine sugar, cornstarch, nutmeg, and salt in small nonreactive saucepan. Whisk in water and bourbon and continue whisking until smooth. Add butter, set over moderate heat, and cook, whisking constantly, 2 to 3 minutes until thickened and translucent. Remove from heat, mix in lemon juice, and transfer to heated sauceboat.
• 8. Serve pudding warm at table, trickle a little sauce over each portion, and pass the rest.

BOURBON-BUTTER SAUCE

Steps:

• Melt butter in a double boiler over simmering water.
• Add powdered sugar and salt and whisk until sugar is incorporated and sauce is smooth.
• Whisk in vanilla and bourbon.
• Immediately add the egg yolk and stir until well blended.
• Continue cooking, stirring constantly, until sauce heats through and thickens slightly.
• Serve immediately.

BOURBON WALNUT SAUCE

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Add the walnuts, stirring constantly. Add the brown sugar and cook until melted. Remove from the heat and carefully add the bourbon. Return to the heat and cook out the alcohol, about 3 to 5 minutes. Be careful as mixture may ignite. Add cream and bring to a slow boil. Combine milk and cornstarch.
• Add milk mixture into sauce stirring constantly until thickened.

BOURBON BUTTER BASTING SAUCE

Steps:

• 1. Melt the butter in a medium-size saucepan over medium heat. Add the cider, sugar, lemon juice, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and pepper. Increase the heat to high and bring to a boil. Boil until slightly thickened, about 5 minutes.2. Remove from the heat and stir in the bourbon. Taste for seasoning, adding salt as necessary. The basting sauce keeps, covered in the refrigerator, for up to 1 week. Reheat over low heat before using.Makes about 2 1/2 cups

BOURBON SAUCE

Steps:

• Melt butter in small saucepan over medium heat. Whisk in remaining ingredients. Simmer until thickened, whisking often, about 3 minutes. Cool slightly.

BROWN BUTTER GARLIC-MAPLE BOURBON SAUCE

Steps:

• Melt butter in a stainless steel skillet over medium heat. Cook, stirring occasionally, until butter turns a golden brown color, 5 to 7 minutes. Butter will foam and then settle down.
• Add garlic and saute until fragrant, 30 to 60 seconds. Stir in crushed red pepper. Reduce heat to medium-low. Stir in maple syrup and lemon juice until combined.

GRILLED STEAK WITH BOURBON SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat 1 tbsp of the butter on medium heat in pot, reserving remaining butter.
• Stir in shallots, garlic, thyme, tarragon and rosemary.
• Sauté for 1 to 2 minutes or until shallots soften.
• Add bourbon and bring to boil Reduce to 2 tbsp approx.
• 5 minutes Add stock and bring to boil Simmer approx 20 minutes or until reduced to 1/2 cup Swirl in 1 tsp balsamic vinegar, reserving the rest Season with salt and pepper Heat oil in large ovenproof skillet on medium-high heat.
• Season steak with salt and pepper.
• Add steaks and cook for about 2 minutes per side.
• Place in oven and bake for 7 to 10 minutes for medium rare.
• Test steak with instant read thermometer if your are unsure (125 F) Place steak on carving board and let rest for 5 minutes Reheat bourbon sauce and whisk in remaining butter and reserved balsamic vinegar Season well Slice steak down into 1/2 inch slices against the grain and place on 4 plates.
• Drizzle with sauce.

SAVORY BOURBON BUTTER

Steps:

• Melt 3 tablespoons butter in a small saucepan over medium heat; simmer, stirring frequently, until butter is browned, fragrant, and foamy, with brown bits in it, 5 to 10 minutes.
• Add shallot and garlic and saute until soft, about 5 minutes. Whisk in bourbon until combined, then cook until reduced, 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from the stove and cool to room temperature, about 10 minutes.
• Combine remaining 3 sticks plus 5 tablespoons butter, parsley, and lemon zest in a mixing bowl. Add cooled bourbon-butter mixture and beat with an electric mixer until smooth. Season with salt.
• Transfer butter to a sheet of waxed paper and roll into a log. Refrigerate until fully chilled, 2 to 3 hours. Use as desired.

LOBSTERS IN BOURBON-FLAVORED WHITE BUTTER SAUCE

Steps:

• Place each lobster on a flat surface and plunge a sharp, heavy knife into the midsection where the tail joins the body. Cut off the tails of the lobsters, cutting crosswise at the point where the tail is attached to the main body of the lobsters. Set aside.
• Cut the main body of each lobster in half lengthwise. Cut or break off the claws at the point where they are joined to the bodies. Reserve in a small bowl any liquid that flows from the lobsters as they are prepared. Scoop out the tomalley and so on from the main bodies and add this to the lobster liquid. Set aside. Set the solid pieces of lobster aside.
• Heat a large, heavy-duty skillet over high heat until it is almost smoking. Add the oil and the moment that it is hot, add the solid lobster pieces. Do not add the tomalley and liquid. Cook, stirring the pieces around, about two minutes, then sprinkle with salt and pepper. Add one tablespoon of the bourbon and remove from the heat. Stir all over the bottom. Turn the heat to high and add the water. Bring to the boil and cook over high heat for about three minutes.
• Using a pair of tongs, remove the tail and claws. When these pieces are cool enough to handle, crack the shells and remove the meat, which will not be fully cooked at this point. Let the main body portions continue to cook in the skillet.
• As you remove the tail and claw meat, return the empty shells to the skillet. If any liquid has accumulated around the lobster pieces, add this to the skillet. Continue cooking over high heat, stirring the shells around, about 10 minutes.
• Line another skillet with a fine sieve, preferably of the sort known in French kitchens as a chinois. Pour the mixture into the sieve and press the solids to extract as much liquid as possible from the shells. Discard the shells. There should be about two and one-third cups of liquid. Add the shallots to this liquid and bring to the boil. Cook over high heat about five minutes. Hold a sieve over the mixture and pour in the reserved lobster liquid and tomalley mixture. Put the drained tomalley into a small bowl. Set aside. Simmer the liquid in the skillet until it is reduced to about one and one-half cups.
• Add two tablespoons of softened butter and the remaining one tablespoon of bourbon. Beat briskly with a fork to blend thoroughly.
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
• Add the remaining half pound of butter to the one and one-half cups of simmering liquid, stirring rapidly, until the sauce is slightly thickened. Add the tomalley mixture, stirring. Cook about two minutes and put the sauce through a fine sieve.
• Pour this sauce into a saucepan and heat gently.
• Arrange the lobster pieces neatly in one layer in a baking dish. Spoon a thin layer of the sauce over the lobster pieces and place the dish in the oven. Bake briefly, about five minutes, just enough to heat through. Serve the lobster with a garnish of a green herb, such as chervil. Serve the remaining sauce on the side.