beurre blanc

[ bur -blahngk; French bœr -blahn ]

/ ˈbɜr ˈblɑŋk; French bœr ˈblɑ̃ /

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noun French Cooking.

a reduction sauce of wine vinegar and shallots, cooked with butter and beaten until thick and foamy.

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Origin of beurre blanc

1930–35; <French: literally, white butter

Maryland blue crab draped with lemon beurre blanc and presented on a crisp wonton nets another rich pleasure.
2021 Fall Dining Guide|Tom Sietsema|October 6, 2021|Washington Post
If a Champagne is made only with the black grapes, it is called blanc de noirs, or “white from red.”
Champagne: You’re Drinking It All Wrong|Kayleigh Kulp|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
So at the age of 21, Blanc channeled Chris McCandless from Into the Wild and dropped out.
The Secret World of Pickup Artist Julien Blanc|Brandy Zadrozny|December 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The only issue was whether “we can get [Blanc] calm and able to talk lol.”
The Secret World of Pickup Artist Julien Blanc|Brandy Zadrozny|December 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST

It was with this ammunition that Australians organized protests at events where Blanc was scheduled to appear.
The Secret World of Pickup Artist Julien Blanc|Brandy Zadrozny|December 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
On the podcast, Blanc says he couch-surfed and lived in his car for several months.
The Secret World of Pickup Artist Julien Blanc|Brandy Zadrozny|December 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It was a corso blanc, and everyone wore white—chiefly modifications of Pierrot costume—and everyone was masked.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
A second version of the False Claimant story is found in Le cerf au pied blanc.
The Three Days' Tournament|Jessie L. Weston
Many people have found the last 1,000 feet of Mont Blanc more than they could accomplish.
Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921|Charles Kenneth Howard-Bury
The Socialist party, led by Louis Blanc, agitated the country for reform.
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year|Edwin Emerson
Thus I was enabled to ascertain with accuracy, that the latitude of the summit of Mont Blanc is 45 49 59 north.
The Book of Curiosities|I. Platts