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
Praline Sauce
Ingredients 1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar 1/2 cup half-and-half 1/2 cup butter Pinch of salt 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Preparation Bring brown sugar, half-and-half, butter, and…
Spicy Pimento Sauce
Ingredients 1/4 cup butter 1 cup heavy cream 1 clove garlic, minced 1 1/2 cups freshly grated Parmesan cheese 7 ounce pimento cheese spread 2 1/2 teaspoons Sriracha…
Homemade Salted Caramel
Follow these easy instructions to create sweet salted caramel sauce at home. Perfect for cakes, cupcakes, cookies, ice cream, cheesecake, sweet breads and more! Ingredients: 1 cup (200g)…
Apricot-Ancho Barbecue Glaze
The perfect combination of sweet and spicy, try this barbecue glaze with grilled shrimp, pork or chicken. Ingredients 6 strips bacon, chopped 1 1/2 cups (196 g) small…
Tomato Salsa
Zingy, refreshing salsas are easy to improvise—simply balance the proportions of ingredients according to taste. Top burritos, tacos, enchiladas, nachos, chili, or bean soups; add to omelets and…
Vodka-Cream Sauce
This is an old-school favorite with sophisticated flair. The vodka perks up the tomatoes, and the cream makes the sauce rich and smooth. Try stirring in pulled chicken…
Slow-Cooker Tomato Sauce
Turn summer tomatoes into a dinnertime star. Ingredients 8 pounds fresh tomatoes (such as plum or San Marzano) 2 large sweet onions, chopped 6 garlic cloves, chopped 1…
BBQ Glaze
Ingredients 240g Molasses 120g Liquid smoke 60g Liquid aminos, or soy sauce Preparation Whisk the ingredients together in a small jar or bowl. Set aside. Cook’s Notes We…
Steve’s Tomato Sauce
Ingredients 2 14.5-ounce cans Diced Tomatoes with Green Peppers, Celery & Onions 5 Tablespoons butter 1 Tablespoon Thai Fish Sauce Preparation Combine the tomatoes, their juices, the butter…
Buffalo Wild Wings Garlic Parmesan
Ingredients 6 cloves garlic, peeled 2 Tablespoons olive oil 1/2 cup mayonnaise or plain yogurt 1 Tablespoon corn syrup 2 Tablespoons parmesan cheese 1 teaspoon lemon juice 1…
