Sauces
Sauces bring a dish together through flavor, moisture, and texture. Cheese sauces, gravies, pan sauces, salsas, and sweet finishes give this collection a range of uses across the meal. Browse for something to spoon over, stir through, dip into, or serve alongside another preparation, choosing the sauce that fits both the food and the occasion.
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Barbecue Sauces & Glazes
Fruit glazes and barbecue sauces offer different balances of sweetness, acidity, and chile flavor. Blackberry-chipotle and Dr Pepper preparations provide contrasting ways to finish or accompany a suitable dish.
Cranberry Sauces
Cranberry sauces bring fruit acidity and sweetness to an accompaniment. Fresh cranberry, mixed-berry, and wine-based preparations offer different flavors and textures to serve beside a meal.
Cream & Cheese Sauces
Cheese and cream sauces range from French Mornay to lighter Parmesan preparations and other finishes. Browse for a sauce with the body and flavor suited to the dish you want to serve.
Dipping & Table Sauces
Creamy jalapeño and blue cheese preparations offer different flavors for a dipping or table sauce. These recipes provide accompaniments to serve with another dish rather than a complete meal on their own.
Gravies
Country gravy and turkey gravies give this collection several savory directions. Browse preparations that bring body and seasoning to a dish, with the method of thickening and finishing explained in each recipe.
Hot Sauces
Chile crunch, salsa verde, and dill pickle hot sauce offer different ways to bring heat to the table. The recipes vary in ingredients and texture as well as the character of their chile flavor.
Pan Sauces & Savory Finishing Sauces
Roasted garlic cream sauce and seafood mushroom sauces offer ways to finish a savory dish. These preparations gather flavor into a sauce to accompany the main ingredient at serving.
Pasta Sauces & Pestos
Herb pestos and creamy Parmesan sauces provide different ways to dress pasta. Browse for a sauce’s ingredients and texture, then pair it with a preparation that suits the finished dish.
Salsas & Savory Condiment Sauces
Roasted salsa ranchera, cucumber salsa, and fruit-based combinations offer sauces with different textures. These savory accompaniments can bring freshness, acidity, or chile flavor to the dish they accompany.
Sweet & Dessert Sauces
Hot fudge, salted caramel, and bourbon caramel offer different finishes for a dessert. These sweet sauces provide flavor and moisture in a portion to pour, spoon, or serve alongside another preparation.
In this collection
Sour Cream and Cumin Enchilada Sauce
1½ cups sour cream 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour 1½ teaspoons ground cumin ¼ teaspoon salt 1 cup milk 1 cup cheese (your choice), shredded In a medium bowl,…
Chile Enchilada Sauce
10-ounce cans enchilada sauce ¼ cup chicken broth or reserved cooking liquid from Shredded Chicken Filling 4-ounce can diced green chile peppers ½ cup cheese (your choice), shredded…
Suiza Enchilada Sauce
2 large tomatillos, husked ½ medium onion, cut into thin wedges 2 fresh jalapeno chile peppers 2 cloves garlic 1 14.5-ounce can fire-roasted tomatoes, undrained ¾ cup fresh…
Quick Enchilada Sauce
1 14.5-ounce can or jar Mexican-style stewed tomatoes, salsa, or salsa verde ¾ cup cheese (your choice), shredded Use purchased Mexican-style stewed tomatoes, salsa, or salsa verde as…
Strawberry Sauce
2 cups frozen strawberries ⅓ cup granulated sugar 3 tablespoons Balsamic vinegar Combine strawberries, sugar and Balsamic vinegar in food processor or blender. Process until mixture is smooth…
Linguine with Red Clam Sauce
1 pound linguine 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 small onion, chopped ¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper ½ cup dry red wine 3 cups tomato sauce 4 6-ounce cans…
Mark’s Spaghetti with Brooklyn Clam Sauce
At his restaurant Campagna in New York City, chef Mark Strausman serves this pasta dish that reminds him of the Italian restaurants he used to frequent in Brooklyn…
Homemade Processed-Cheese Sauce
Processed cheese and evaporated milk make a smooth, rich sauce for compatible recipes or warm snacks. This is a homemade cheese sauce, not an exact duplicate of a…
Spinach Pesto
4 cups packed spinach leaves 1 cup grated Parmesan ¾ cup pecans, lightly toasted 2 cloves garlic, roughly chopped ½ teaspoon kosher salt 1 teaspoon Tabasco Green Pepper…
