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
Cilantro-Lime Crème Fraiche
1 cup heavy cream 2 tablespoons buttermilk Finely grated rind and juice of 1 lime 2 tablespoons finely chopped cilantro Combine cream and buttermilk in a glass jar.…
Warm Plum Sauce
This is a fresh alternative to bottled hoisin sauce, the traditional accompaniment to moo shu pork. 4 large plums, pitted and cut into ¼-inch dice 1 large clove…
Roasted Pear Sauce
For a delicious appetizer, serve this sweet sauce with cheese. Toasted walnuts, pear slices, and fresh sage leaves make a pretty (and tasty) garnish. 3 large ripe pears,…
Easy Hollandaise
Use Martha’s shortcut version of the classic French sauce to spruce up steamed artichokes. It also tastes great with eggs Benedict and asparagus. 2 large egg yolks 1…
Simple Tomato Sauce
Transform a can of whole peeled tomatoes into a flavorful sauce for pizza or pasta, simply by adding garlic, red pepper flakes, and fresh oregano. 3 tablespoons extra-virgin…
Pressure Cooker Spaghetti Sauce
½ pound ground beef ½ pound bulk Italian sausage or bulk pork sausage 2 cups sliced fresh mushrooms (6 ounces) ½ cup chopped onion (1 medium) ½ cup…
Classic Pesto (Pesto Alla Genovese)
The most basic, most traditional pesto is this basil-based one that was invented in Genoa, in northern Italy; it’s bright green and wonderfully aromatic. Be sure to add…
15 Useful Ways to Cook with Pesto
Pesto contributes herbs, oil, and often cheese and nuts. Use it as a seasoning, tasting before adding more salt or fat. Fifteen applications Mix a little into breadcrumbs…
Vanilla Flan with Butterscotch Sauce
Tiny specks of vanilla bean give this creamy custard intense flavor, while a sprinkle of sea salt adds intrigue. “Forget about caramelizing the sugar,” says recipe developer Alice…
Pistachio Pesto
1 cup shelled pistachios 2 garlic cloves 2 cups basil ¼ cup Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese ½ teaspoon salt Freshly ground black pepper ½ cup extra virgin olive oil Place…
