Creamy Lemon Sauce for Chicken

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  • Prep Time

    10 mins

  • Cook Time

    10 mins

  • Total Time

    25 mins

  • Servings

    6 people

  • Calories

    92 kcal

  • Cuisine

    French

Creamy Lemon Sauce for Chicken

Quick and easy savoury lemon sauce to serve with roast chicken, turkey or to accompany vegetables.

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Ingredients

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  • 125 ml (4 floz/½ cup) chicken stock
  • 3 egg yolks organic
  • 1 lemon, zest and juice organic (unwaxed)
  • 100 ml (3.5 floz) half fat whipping cream (crème fleurette) 15% fat (less than ½ cup; 0.4)
  • pepper a few grinds of the peppermill
  • 25 g (1 oz) butter unsalted, roughly chopped
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Instructions

  1. Bring the chicken stock to the boil in a saucepan.
  2. Meanwhile, whisk the yolks with the lemon juice, zest and cream in a bowl. To temper the egg yolks, pour over the hot stock then transfer the liquid back into the pan over a medium heat.
  3. Add the butter and whisk constantly over a medium heat for about 5 minutes until the sauce thickens and bubbles. Whisk for a further 5 minutes or until the sauce is thicker and glossy. Season to taste.

Notes

  • I deliberately don't salt the sauce with as there is enough in the chicken stock. However, feel free to season to your own taste.
  • Also delicious with stuffed mini pumpkins.
  • Good wine varietals that pair with lemon sauce: any 'creamy' chilled whites such as Chardonnay, Chenin Blanc, Marsanne, Roussane or Viognier are my personal favourites as they are buttery and fruity. So, a Côte du Rhône white to a Burgundy chardonnay to a Condrieu.
  • Measures: Please note that all my recipes are best made using digital kitchen scales in precise metric grams. Both ounces (and cups) are given as an approximate guide. 
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