How to Make a Delicious Tarragon Sauce at Home

Tarragon, also known as the dragon herb, is a perennial herb indigenous to Asia. It is also one of the key ingredients in this tarragon sauce recipe that will be enjoyed with meats and seafood.

It has narrow, pointed green leaves with a potent anise flavor. Tarragon has been a fixture in classical French cuisine for centuries. It is used with chicken, fish, eggs, salads, sauces, vegetables, and the renowned tarragon vinegar.

Tarragon is one of the herbs that compose the famous French admixture known as fines herbs (pronounced FEEN ERB), along with chervil, chives, and parsley. Use fresh tarragon in this recipe; the dried version tends to be insipid.

Best Served With:

Chicken
Veal
Salmon
Rabbit

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Tarragon Sauce Recipe

A recipe for making tarragon sauce.

Prep Time5

Cook Time15

Total Time20

Course: Sauces

Cuisine: French

Servings: 4 servings

Ingredients

3 tablespoons butter divided
1 shallot minced
½ cup white wine
1 cup demi glace
1 tablespoon tarragon chopped
salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

Melt 2 tablespoons of the butter in a saucepan and sauté the shallot for approximately 2 minutes (or until transparent).
Deglaze the pan with the wine and reduce for 2-3 minutes.
Add demi glace, stir and simmer until the sauce is thick enough to coat a spoon.
Add the tarragon and finish with the remaining tablespoon of butter.
Season to taste with salt pepper and serve.