Drawn Butter Sauce

A dipping sauce for seafood or fish.

1/4  cup  butter
2  Tbs  flour
1  cup  hot water
1  tsp  lemon juice
1/4  cup  finely chopped fresh parsley
Optional:
1/2  tsp  freshly ground pepper
2  Tbs  minced garlic

Melt  2 Tbs  butter in saucepan. Saute garlic (if using) until lightly browned. Slowly stir in flour and pepper. Cook and stir constantly until smooth. Add hot water and stir until mixture boils. Cook and stir for 5 minutes. Remove from heat. Add lemon juice alternately, with remaining butter, stirring until butter melts. Stir in parsley.