Cream Sauce For Fish

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/4 cup unbleached flour
• 3 garlic cloves, peeled and minced
• 1 cup clam juice
• 1 1/2 cups heavy cream
• 1 1/2 cups dry wine
• 3/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1 cup minced fennel
• 1 bay leaf

Recipe

• 1 melt the butter in a heavy saucepan.
• 2 add the flour and garlic and sauté over low heat for 2 minutes, stirring constantly.
• 3 remove from the heat.
• 4 add the clam juice, cream, and wine.
• 5 return to the heat, stirring until the sauce is bubbling and starts to thicken.
• 6 remove from the heat.
• 7 add the pepper, cayenne, fennel, and bay leaf.
• 8 stir well and pour the sauce over scallops and shrimp. bake for 20 minutes. garnish with dill.