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Classic Hollandaise Sauce

Classic Hollandaise Sauce

3.2

Prep
2 min
Cook
8 min
Total
10 min

Instructions

  1. 1 In a small bowl, whisk together egg yolks, lemon juice, cold water, salt and pepper. Melt butter in a saucepan over low heat. Gradually whisk yolk mixture into butter. Continue whisking over low heat for 8 minutes, or until sauce is thickened. Serve immediately.

By Stoddard Whitridge

Buttery Lemon Caper Sauce

Buttery Lemon Caper Sauce

4.6

Prep
10 min
Cook
5 min
Total
15 min

Instructions

  1. 1 Gather the ingredients.
  2. 2 Crush capers in a small bowl with the back of a spoon.
  3. 3 Melt 1/2 teaspoon butter in a skillet over medium-high heat until the butter foams and is golden; saute capers until fragrant, about 15 seconds. Add lemon juice, bring to a simmer, and cook, stirring frequently, until liquid is reduced by one-third, 1 to 3 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Remove from heat.
  4. 4 Stir cold butter and savory into lemon mixture, stirring constantly until butter is completely melted and sauce is shiny and thick, about 1 minute.

By John Mitzewich

The Best Lemon Vinaigrette

The Best Lemon Vinaigrette

4.8

Prep
10 min
Cook
Total
10 min

Instructions

  1. 1 Gather all ingredients.
  2. 2 Whisk red wine vinegar, Dijon mustard, garlic, oregano, salt, and pepper together in a small bowl.
  3. 3 Slowly stream olive oil into vinegar mixture, whisking continuously, until well combined.
  4. 4 Add lemon juice and whisk to combine.
  5. 5 Pour vinaigrette into a screw-top jar or bottle; seal. Shake before serving.

By lukeder101

How to Make Bordelaise Sauce

How to Make Bordelaise Sauce

4.6

Prep
15 min
Cook
30 min
Total
45 min

Instructions

  1. 1 Gather all ingredients.
  2. 2 Melt butter in a saucepan over medium-low heat. Add shallots and a pinch of salt; cook and stir shallots until caramelized and browned, about 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
  3. 3 Add red wine and bring to a simmer. Reduce heat to low; cook until wine is nearly evaporated and pan juices are thick and slightly syrupy. Watch carefully as the mixture burns easily. Add veal stock, return to a simmer, and cook until reduced by half and sauce is slightly thickened, about 10 minutes.
  4. 4 Pour sauce through a fine mesh strainer set over a container. Tap the strainer with a spoon while straining and squeeze out the last remaining drops of sauce from the residue. Season sauce to taste with salt and black pepper.

By John Mitzewich

Sauce Vierge

Sauce Vierge

4.7

Prep
15 min
Cook
Total
45 min

Instructions

  1. 1 Dice tomatoes, and place in a colander for about 5 minutes to drain.
  2. 2 Transfer drained tomatoes to a bowl, and gently fold in shallots, garlic, parsley, tarragon, Kalamata olives, and basil.
  3. 3 Pour olive oil and lemon juice over the vegetables, and stir until combined. Allow mixture to sit for about 30 minutes for the flavors to meld.

By lutzflcat

Jeff's Bordelaise Sauce

Jeff's Bordelaise Sauce

5.0

Prep
15 min
Cook
20 min
Total
35 min

Instructions

  1. 1 Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Saute onion, carrots, celery, peppercorns, and cloves in melted butter until onions are browned, 7 to 10 minutes.
  2. 2 Stir flour into the onion mixture; cook and stir until the flour is completely moistened, 1 to 2 minutes. Stream beef broth into the skillet while stirring the onion mixture; cook, stirring continually, until the broth thickens into a gravy, 5 to 10 minutes. Add water to thin the gravy as needed to keep it from becoming paste-like.
  3. 3 Stir 1 tablespoon parsley into the gravy; continue to cook, stirring frequently, until the parsley imparts flavor to the gravy, 5 to 10 minutes; strain through a fine-mesh strainer into a clean saucepan. Discard vegetables.
  4. 4 Place the saucepan over low heat. Season sauce with salt, pepper, and most of the remaining parsley. Stir red wine into the sauce.
  5. 5 Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat; saute mushrooms in hot oil until completely tender, about 5 minutes. Stir mushrooms into the sauce; garnish with remaining parsley after spooning over steaks.

By Cat

Chef John's Béarnaise Sauce

Chef John's Béarnaise Sauce

5.0

Prep
15 min
Cook
40 min
Total
55 min

Instructions

  1. 1 Place 1 cup of tarragon, shallots, and peppercorns in a saucepan. Pour in white wine vinegar, white wine, and water. Place over medium-high heat and bring to a simmer; stir. Reduce heat to medium-low to maintain a gentle simmer and reduce liquid to about 3 tablespoons, 20 to 30 minutes. Remove from heat. Strain into a bowl through a fine-mesh strainer, pressing tarragon mixture to extract as much liquid as possible.
  2. 2 To make the compound butter: Place 1/4 cup chopped tarragon and capers in a mortar. Mash with a pestle for about 1 minute. Add 1 tablespoon of cold butter. Mash and pound with a pestle until ingredients are thoroughly combined in a solid mass. Transfer to a piece of plastic wrap; wrap and chill.
  3. 3 To make the Béarnaise sauce: Place egg yolks in a stainless steel (flameproof) mixing bowl; add 3 tablespoons tarragon/shallot reduction; whisk together. Add cold butter cubes. Place bowl over low to medium heat whisking constantly until sauce thickens, as you hold the bowl with a kitchen towel. After butter melts continue whisking; mixture will turn a lighter yellow color after 8 to 10 minutes. When mixture is nice and thick, reduce heat to low and stir in compound butter broken into chunks. Continue whisking. Remove from heat. Season with salt, cayenne pepper, and black pepper.

By John Mitzewich

Mom's Country White Gravy

Mom's Country White Gravy

4.3

Prep
Cook
20 min
Total
20 min

Instructions

  1. 1 Gather all ingredients.
  2. 2 Melt bacon fat in a large skillet over medium heat. Stir in flour, salt, and pepper. Cook, whisking continuously until the roux becomes paste-like and light golden brown, about 10 minutes.
  3. 3 Gradually whisk 4 cups of milk into the flour mixture, and bring to a simmer over medium heat.
  4. 4 Cook and stir until gravy is heated through and smooth, 3 to 5 minutes, adding more milk if gravy is too thick.
  5. 5 Serve hot on a biscuit.

By Nancy Smith

Simple Turkey Gravy

Simple Turkey Gravy

4.8

Prep
10 min
Cook
15 min
Total
25 min

Instructions

  1. 1 Heat fat in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat, 2 to 3 minutes. Whisk in flour; continue to cook until paste turns golden, about 5 minutes.
  2. 2 Gradually whisk in drippings and stock. Increase heat to medium and cook, whisking vigorously, until smooth and thick, 5 to 10 minutes.
  3. 3 Season gravy to taste with pepper. Serve hot.

By The Gruntled Gourmand

Old-Time Kentucky Bacon Milk Gravy for Biscuits

Old-Time Kentucky Bacon Milk Gravy for Biscuits

4.6

Prep
Cook
25 min
Total
25 min

Instructions

  1. 1 Heat bacon drippings in a skillet over medium heat; whisk flour into drippings until smooth. Reduce the heat to low and cook, stirring constantly so it doesn't burn, until roux is caramel brown in color, about 15 minutes. Stir in salt and black pepper.
  2. 2 Add milk, 1/2 cup at a time, whisking until thoroughly blended after each addition. Bring gravy to a simmer, then whisk constantly until thick, smooth, and bubbling.

By Tess DeFevers Ehling

Roast Chicken Pan Gravy

Roast Chicken Pan Gravy

4.9

Prep
5 min
Cook
15 min
Total
20 min

Instructions

  1. 1 Pour fat from drippings into a bowl and reserve. Whisk flour into remaining drippings left in pan; mixture will seem dry. Add 2 tablespoons reserved fat, or as needed, to the drippings mixture to combine with flour.
  2. 2 Place the pan with drippings mixture over low heat and toast flour until light brown and mixture gives off a nutty fragrance, about 5 minutes.
  3. 3 Drizzle about 1/3 cup cold chicken stock at a time into pan drippings, whisking each addition of stock into mixture until thoroughly combined. Continue whisking, scraping any browned pan drippings from the bottom of the pan into gravy; bring to a simmer. Continue to cook, whisking constantly, until gravy is thick and flour has combined with the liquid, 8 to 10 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. For the smoothest texture, strain gravy before serving.

By John Mitzewich

Homemade Turkey Gravy

Homemade Turkey Gravy

4.9

Prep
10 min
Cook
15 min
Total
25 min

Instructions

  1. 1 Separate oil from liquid in turkey drippings by pouring drippings into a clear 4-cup measuring cup; allow drippings to settle and separate into oil on top and juices on the bottom.
  2. 2 Transfer ¼ cup oil to a saucepan using a kitchen syringe or baster.
  3. 3 Stir flour into oil in the saucepan; cook and stir over medium-low heat until color changes to a light brown, about 5 minutes.
  4. 4 Stir 1 cup juice from drippings in the measuring cup into flour mixture (roux); cook and stir, adding more drippings for a thinner gravy, until gravy is heated through and smooth, about 5 minutes. Stir chicken broth into gravy; cook and stir until heated through, adding more broth for a thinner gravy, about 5 minutes.

By Travis Strean

Lobster Dipping Sauce

Lobster Dipping Sauce

4.7

Prep
5 min
Cook
15 min
Total
20 min

Instructions

  1. 1 Gather all ingredients,
  2. 2 Melt 1 tablespoon butter in a saucepan over medium-low heat. Add garlic; cook and stir until lightly browned, about 3 minutes.
  3. 3 Add remaining butter and reduce heat to low. Stir to melt butter, then mix in lemon juice, cilantro, and pepper. Let mixture steep over low heat for about 10 minutes.
  4. 4 Strain before serving if desired.

By johnd

Zaxby's Chicken Fingers Dipping Sauce

Zaxby's Chicken Fingers Dipping Sauce

4.5

Prep
10 min
Cook
Total
130 min

Instructions

  1. 1 Gather all ingredients.
  2. 2 Whisk mayonnaise, ketchup, and garlic powder together in a bowl. Add Worcestershire sauce to the mayonnaise mixture and whisk until smooth.
  3. 3 Sprinkle enough pepper over the surface of the mayonnaise mixture to cover; stir to incorporate. Repeat sprinkling and stirring of pepper once more.
  4. 4 Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate until the seasonings have blended into the sauce, at least 2 hours.

By franny