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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

  • White Barbecue Sauce

    White Barbecue Sauce

    White Barbecue Sauce – an Alabama favorite! More of a condiment than a BBQ sauce this tangy, creamy sauce compliments both smoked & grilled chicken & pork. Ingredients…

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  • South Carolina Mustard Barbecue Sauce

    Ditch your standard BBQ sauce and whip up a batch of this easy to make, spicy, & flavorful Carolina Mustard Barbecue Sauce next time you fire up the…

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  • Grannie’s Mustard Sauce

    Grannie’s Mustard Sauce

    Ingredients 1 12-ounce can evaporated milk 5 Tablespoons yellow mustard 3/4 cup sugar Preparation In a medium-sized bowl combine evaporated milk, mustard and sugar. Adjust to taste as…

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  • Fresh Cranberry Sauce

    Fresh Cranberry Sauce

    A great side dish for Thanksgiving dinner. It can be used as filling for cranberry/cream cheese tarts and also makes a great topping on bagels, corn bread, or…

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  • Fry Sauce

    Fry Sauce

    This recipe for fry sauce is sure to be a family favorite! We dip fries, burgers, and chicken in this mixture. Feel free to halve the amount if…

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  • Avocado Sauce

    Avocado Sauce

    Creamy and rich-tasting Avocado Sauce livens up simply grilled burgers. Ingredients 2 tablespoons canola mayonnaise 1/4 cup ripe peeled mashed avocado 1/4 teaspoon fresh lime juice 1/8 teaspoon…

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  • White BBQ Sauce

    Use this vinegary, piquant North Alabama specialty as both a basting and finishing sauce on smoked or grilled chicken. Ingredients 1 cup mayonnaise 1/3 cup apple cider vinegar…

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  • Runny Yolk Sauce

    This recipe is easiest to do when using a sous vide device—either a self-contained insulated box called a water oven or a stick-style water circulator along with a…

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  • Sour Cream-Herb Sauce

    Sour Cream-Herb Sauce is a creamy, versatile spread that pairs well with your favorite sandwich toppings. Ingredients 1/2 cup sour cream 2 tablespoons mayonnaise 1 tablespoon chopped capers…

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  • Cranberry-Flavored Fluid Gel

    Cranberry-Flavored Fluid Gel

    Cranberries are naturally full of pectin, and when we blend the jellied sauce, we create a fluid gel—albeit a weak one. A little xanthan gum thickens it, stabilizing…

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