Lemon Caper Butter Sauce

This sauce is perfect as a condiment with fish, shrimp, crab cakes, or even baked chicken. Double the recipe and toss over angle hair pasta for an easy but impressive side dish.  

Servings:  ¼ cup

Time: 5 minutes
Hardware:  Measuring cups and spoons, a zester, spoon, a saucepan

Ingredients:

• 4 tablespoons of unsalted butter (½ stick)
• 2 cloves of crushed garlic
• 2 tablespoons capers, drained and rinsed (buy tiny capers)
• 1 teaspoon lemon zest
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• A pinch of kosher salt
• 2 grinds of fresh cracked pepper.

1. Crush the garlic, zest and juice the lemon
2. Over medium heat melt the butter in the sauce pan.
3. Add the rest of the ingredients except the salt and pepper.  Simmer for 2 minutes.
4. Salt and pepper to taste.  Serve right away.

I whipped this up to top my Parmesan Potato Crusted Tilapia. Yum!