====== Champagne Sauce ====== ===== Serving ===== Makes enough for 6 ===== Ingredients ===== * 200g butter * 1 banana shallot * 1 carrot * 200ml champagne * 300ml fish stock * 300ml double cream * 150g brown shrimps ===== Method ===== - Thinly slice shallot - Thinly slice carrot - Peel shrimp if necessary - Melt 50g of butter in a saucepan over a medium heat - Add the shallot and carrot and fry until softened, but not coloured - Add half the champagne and reduce until syrupy - Add the stock and reduce by half - Add the cream and reduce by half again - Sieve mixture into a clean saucepan, and over a low heat whisk in the remaining butter - Just before serving, add the shrimp and carefully warm - Stir in remaining champagne - Check the seasoning - Serve!