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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

  • Basic White Sauce – A Vitamix Version

    Basic White Sauce – A Vitamix Version

    This is the launching pad for many recipes, and for many of additional experiments. Everyone should know how to make a Basic White Sauce. The Vitamix just makes…

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  • English Bread Sauce

    English Bread Sauce

    Ingredients 1 onion, peeled but left whole 4 whole cloves 200ml milk 2 bay leaves fresh white breadcrumbs salt and crushed black pepper 50g butter Procedure Stud the…

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  • Dulce de Leche – Sous Vide Version

    Dulce de Leche – Sous Vide Version

    Ingredients 6 half-pint jars and lids, sterilized in boiling water for 15 minutes 3 (14-ounce) cans sweetened condensed milk Preparation Set the Anova Sous Vide Precision Cooker to…

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  • Chimichurri Sauce

    Chimichurri Sauce

    Drizzle over gazpacho, or toss with cooked shrimp and pasta for a zingy Argentine-inspired scampi. Adding whole garlic cloves to the food processor first seasons the work bowl…

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  • Sweet and Spicy Peanut Sauce

    Sweet and Spicy Peanut Sauce

    Stir into ground turkey for a savory burger, or toss with rice noodles and thinly sliced veggies for an Indonesian-style salad. Ingredients 6 tablespoons unsalted creamy peanut butter…

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  • Avocado Crema

    Avocado Crema

    Such an easy twist on guacamole, this creamy condiment is the secret weapon on fish tacos and in burritos. Ingredients 1 garlic clove, peeled 2 ripe avocados, halved…

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  • Chimichurri Sauce

    Chimichurri Sauce

    Ingredients 1 garlic clove, peeled 1/2 cup fresh parsley leaves 1/3 cup fresh cilantro leaves 1/3 cup fresh mint leaves 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 1 tablespoon Dijon…

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  • Chocolate-Frangelico Fondue

    This is pure chocolate indulgence, with a whiff of hazelnut. Keep in mind that fondue is more versatile than you may think—it’s a warm sauce to drizzle over…

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  • Mojo Sauce

    Mojo Sauce

    Pungent, sour, and refreshing, this simple Caribbean sauce of garlic, citrus, oil, and cumin was born for hot-weather cooking—and eating. A combination of fresh-squeezed orange and lime juices…

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  • Fresh Tomato Sauce

    There is nothing better than a sweet, juicy, sun-ripened tomato. Make the most of the season’s bounty with this fresh no-cook tomato sauce. Fresh Tomato Sauce Balsamic vinegar,…

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