Bonito Butter Sauce

Name: Bonito Butter Sauce
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: about 2 cups (450 ml)
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: 25 g Bonito; about 3 Tbsp (50 ml) Dashi; 1 tbsp sherry vinegar (15 ml) Sherry Vinegar; about 1 cup (225 ml) Water; about ¾ cup (175 g) Butter

Independent adaptation of a publicly published Clayton Wells recipe. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Clayton Wells.

FINISHING SAUCE · ROASTED VEGETABLES & FISH

In the published recipe, this is the finishing sauce for roasted red cabbage with bonito butter.

Wells's bonito butter sauce for roasted red cabbage.

On the jar

BONITO

Method: stove
Yield: about 2 cups
Ingredients: 5

Stove sauce. Cook from the recipe

Ratio

Dashi 50 mlSherry Vinegar 15 mlWater 225 ml

Ingredients

Bonito25 g
Dashiabout 3 Tbsp (50 ml)
Sherry Vinegar1 tbsp sherry vinegar (15 ml)
Waterabout 1 cup (225 ml)
Butterabout ¾ cup (175 g)

Method

This sauce is cooked on the stove. The jar is for storing it, not making it.
Cook ingredients gently according to the published technique, adapted here as pantry quantities only.
Finish off heat; adjust seasoning.

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Provenance

Clayton Wells — published sauce recipes in the PantryFlex catalog. Good Food Guide 2 hats (Automata).

Adapted from a Clayton Wells recipe (Clayton Wells / Gourmet Traveller (Automata)).

FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

No. This one needs a blender or stove, so make it from this page. Jars only carry pour-and-shake sauces. Its companion jar is below.

What do the quantities mean?

This page lists the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). On a jar, the printed lines, counts, and QR guide carry the jar-batch amounts. Follow the jar or this page, not a mix of both. Amounts in the jar’s ADD row are rounded to the nearest common spoon measure (T = tablespoon, t = teaspoon) so they can be read off the glass.

Where did this recipe come from?

Adapted from Clayton Wells / Gourmet Traveller (Automata) (published as “Bonito Butter Sauce”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

Any tips for reheating it?

Warm cream and butter sauces gently, over low heat or off the heat entirely. High heat can split the fat from the liquid; if that happens, a splash of cold liquid and a whisk usually brings it back.

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