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Beurre blanc nantais is a signature dish of France; we have verified places to eat it in Nantes. Start with where to eat Beurre blanc nantais in Nantes.
The sauce Nantes gave French cooking: a hard reduction of shallots in white wine and vinegar, then cold butter beaten in cube by cube until it thickens into a pale, tart emulsion for river fish.
The origin story attached to beurre blanc belongs to Clémence Lefeuvre, a cook born at La Chebuette in Saint-Julien-de-Concelles, upriver from Nantes, who was working there around 1890. The version her family told is that a customer complained about her plain melted-butter sauce, and that she answered it by reducing shallots with vinegar first and mounting the butter into that. Whether or not any single cook can be said to have invented an emulsion, the sauce spread from that stretch of river into Nantes dining rooms and then into the wider French repertoire. A confrérie now exists in the city to defend it.
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Where to eat Beurre blanc nantais in Nantes: the editor picks
Guided tour · 2 hours
Discover Muscadet on a unique sensory journey in Nantes, followed by a tasting of five wines (or fruit juices) in a friendly venue dedicated to the local terroir.
Viator · 2 h
Discover the world of wine tasting by the glass with the winemaker in a historic winery. You can visit the vineyards, cellars and discover the world of oenology with ...
Day trip · 4 hours
In a van, a guided discovery of the exceptional terroirs of the Nantes vineyards, with a focus on organic and biodynamic wines, produced with respect for nature and tr...
