Orange saffron sauce

Orange saffron sauce is a lovely tangy sauce that goes particularly well with fried trout fillets.

Preparation Time: 10 Mins

Cooking Time: 15 Mins

Total Time: 25 Mins

Ingredients

For 4 servings…

2 tbs               Butter       

½                   Lemon  - juice of      

10 cl               Orange juice           

1 pinch            Saffron     

                      Salt          

1                    Shallot  - chopped finely         

1 pinch            Sugar       

10 cl               Wine  - white          

Method

Bring the white wine, orange juice, saffron, sugar, and shallot to a boil.  Simmer until the alcohol in the wine has evaporated then remove from the heat and purée in a blender. Return the sauce to the pot and simmer.  Add lemon juice, salt to taste.  Reduce until it reaches a consistency so that it coats the back of a spoon.  Just before serving, stir in the butter.