Sauce finishing and mounting with butter
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Monter au beurre — mounting a sauce with butter — is the classical French technique of whisking cold butter into a warm sauce just before serving. The butter emulsifies into the sauce, adding gloss, body, richness, and a velvety texture that no other fat can provide. It's the technique behind every great pan sauce, beurre blanc, and the finishing of most French preparations. The cold butter is critical — it emulsifies rather than separates because the cold temperature holds the butterfat in tiny droplets.
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