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About Sauce

Hundreds of Kinds of Sauces
Restaurant Style Sauces

About Sauce - General

There are hot sauces, barbecue sauces, grilling sauces, glazes, pasta sauces, salsas of all kinds, dessert sauces, dipping sauces and gravies and dressings to accompany every conceivable food known to man. Sauces are an essential element in cuisines all over the world.

I love almost all sauces that meet this simple rule: they must enhance the food and overall dining experience through added flavors, moisture and visual appeal.


salsa and sauce sampler

To put it another way, I think the McIlhenny Company that makes Tabasco Sauce with that small hole in the bottle does so for a good reason.

For me, sauces should be kept simple to reveal the splendid flavors of each ingredient meant to delight, nourish and be enjoyed often.


In formal cooking, there were originally only four "mother" sauces. These were the sauces from which all others were made.

  • Allemande, (based on stock with egg yolk & lemon juice, now replaced with
  • Hollandaise and
  • Mayonnaise (both emulsified sauces based on eggs)
  • Béchamel, (based on flour and milk)
  • Velouté (based on a light broth, fish, chicken or veal) and
  • Espagnole. (based on brown stock, beef)

    Tomato sauce was added to the originals in the early 20th century.




    About Sauce - Examples

    White Sauces
    Mushroom sauce
    Sauce Allemande
    Sauce Américaine
    Sauce Suprême    		 Brown Sauces
    Bordelaise
    Bourguignonne
    Sauce Robert    		 Béchamel Family
    Béchamel
    Mornay sauce    		 Emulsified Sauces
    Béarnaise sauce
    Hollandaise sauce
    Mayonnaise
    Butter Sauces
    Beurre Blanc
    Café de Paris    		 Sweet Sauces
    Butterscotch
    Chocolate/fudge
    Custard    		 Fruit Sauces
    Applesauce
    Cranberry sauce    		 Chopped Fresh Ingredients
    Salsa cruda
    Salsa verde
    Hot Sauces
    Datil Pepper sauce
    Chili sauce
    Tabasco sauce    		 Prepared Sauces
    Black bean sauce
    Duck sauce
    Hoisin sauce
    Oyster sauce
    Soy Sauce    		 Cooked Sauces
    Lobster sauce
    Sweet & Sour
    Teriyaki sauce    		 Other Sauces
    BBQ sauces
    Mole sauce
    Tomato sauces



    Wow! And this is only a partial list!

    One thing I like to do is buy a sample pack of sauces. Then I invite family and friends for a "sauce testing" with appropriate other foods and pair all these delights with some beer and wine.

    Sauces make great gifts and gift baskets for those friends and family members who love sauces, from hot sauces to BBQ to pasta.

    One family-owned company I have grown to really appreciate for sauces, salsas, rubs, spices and gift baskets for those special people in my life is called Salsa Express. Read more about them by clicking that link. Have some fun!

    Thanks for visiting the article about Sauce.

    Donna
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