Truffle Sauce With Brown Butter for Steak and Pasta
This Truffle Sauce with brown butter is rich, silky, and ready in just 10 minutes. Made with a handful of ingredients, it adds a restaurant-style finish to steak, potatoes, and more.
Servings: 12 people
Calories: 101kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter unsalted
- 4 ounce cream cheese
- ⅜ cup beef broth
- 1 teaspoon truffle salt
Instructions
- Heat the butter in a sauce pan over high heat.
- Whisk often so the butter doesn't burn. The butter will bubble and froth in the pan.
- Once the butter turns golden and is browned, remove the pan from the heat.
- Add the cream cheese and whisk to combine as it melts.
- Slowly add the beef broth and truffle salt.
- Use an immersion stick blender and puree until smooth, or use a whisk until combined.
- Taste and adjust the seasonings to your liking.
- Pour into a mason jar and store in the refrigerator for up to 14 days. The sauce will thicken.
Notes
Watch the butter carefully as it browns. Once it starts to foam, it can go from golden and nutty to burnt pretty quickly, so keep whisking and remove it from the heat as soon as it smells toasted.
For the smoothest sauce, let the cream cheese soften a bit before adding it to the pan. If the sauce looks separated or slightly uneven, a few quick pulses with an immersion blender will bring it back together and make it extra silky.
Start with a small amount of truffle salt and adjust to taste. The flavor can be strong, so it is easier to add more than to fix an over-seasoned sauce. This sauce is best served warm and will thicken as it chills in the refrigerator.
If you are reheating leftovers, warm the sauce gently over low heat or in short bursts in the microwave, whisking until smooth. If needed, add a small splash of broth to loosen it back up.
A little goes a long way here. This sauce is rich, savory, and works well spooned over steak, potatoes, roasted vegetables, pasta, or eggs.
Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.
Reheat over low heat and whisk until smooth. Add a splash of broth if needed to loosen it.
Try it over steak, potatoes, pasta, roasted vegetables, or even eggs.
Nutrition
Calories: 101kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 30mg | Sodium: 312mg | Potassium: 19mg | Sugar: 0.4g | Vitamin A: 363IU | Calcium: 12mg | Iron: 0.03mg
