I made lobster ravioli with shallot and garlic butter sauce for dinner tonight. It was amazing. I normally make the sauce as just a garlic butter sauce, but I decided to try adding sauteed shallots this time. I don't measure, but here's the basics of the way I make it the sauce:
- Garlic - at least 4 cloves, but depends on how many people you are making it for
- Rosemary - optional, but I love the garlic and rosemary combo. Just a small amount.
- Shallots - amount depends on how many you are cooking for.
- White wine - a dry wine
- Chicken broth
- Set aside some of the water you cook the pasta in
- Butter - lots of it
Cook the shallots in a tablespoon or 2 of butter on med/low heat. Stir it frequently. You should stir this sauce frequently throughout. Stirring at this point helps caramelize the shallots. If you want them fried instead, then stir less frequently. Add the garlic and rosemary and cook until they are a little toasted. Probably about 2 minutes. Keep it on med/low heat. Add white wine and continue to cook on med/low heat until it's at least halfway reduced. Add a little of the pasta water and increase the heat to med. The pasta water will help it thicken since it has the starch from cooking the pasta. Reduce at least to half again and then add the chicken broth. Keep it on med heat, maybe a little higher like at 6 out of 10. Reduce until it's pretty thickened. Reduce the heat to low and add the butter. Take it off the heat entirely after it starts melting and let it finish melting with the residual heat. Stir it a lot, until it's melted and creamy. Done.