Butters, Condiments, Sauces, Relishes, Jelly Recipes

Beef Sauces

Al's Secret Sauce
Awesome BBQ and all-purpose sauce for Pig Pickin dip, pork chops, ribs, and chicken on the grill. Some folks even put it on burgers and steaks.

Blue Cheese Dressing
This blue cheese dressing is so good! My husband loves it!

Cabernet-Cherry Sauce
Another great steak sauce.

Garlic Blue Cheese Sauce
I love blue cheese! This sauce is excellent on both steaks and prime rib.

Horseradish Sauces
Fantastic served with your prime rib roast

Peppercorn Sauce
You'll love the "zip" that the green peppercorns add to this sauce.

Pinot Noir Butter Sauce
This sauce is wonderful on a perfectly cooked steak.

Red Meat Marinade

Sour Cream Horseradish Sauce
This sauce is absolutely wonderful with prime rib.

Butters

Flavored Sweet Butters (Compound Butters)
A compound butter is butter that has been flavored by blending softened butter together with various ingredients. These can be savory or sweet. These tasty butter spreads are ideal for tea bread, muffins, scones, and pancakes.

Truffle Butter
Truffle butter is an excellent and easy way to prepare wild truffles. Nothing is better than a perfectly cooked steak with some truffle butter on top before serving. The ways to use and eat this wonderful truffle butter are endless. Let your imagination be your guide!

Condiments

Cocktail Sauce
Try this sauce with your next shrimp cocktail!

Crème fraîche
Commercial creme fraiche is quite expensive, so the homemade version is a life saver.

Faux Aged Balsamic Vinegar
Aged Balsamic Vinegar, or as it is known in Italy, tradizionale, accumulates its flavor in a variety of wooden casks for as long as one hundred years. The result is a very concentrated dark brown, thick sweet vinegar, and it is a great luxury. If you don't have it in your pantry - chefs have learned to do as the Italians so - reduce your balsamic vinegar with a little brown sugar. It's a good second. Great on beef, poultry, pork, and seafood!

Hollandaise Sauce
What would the famous Egg Benedict be without a great Hollandaise Sauce? Also great served on cooked asparagus.

Horseradish Sauces
Three easy-to-make horseradish sauces. Fantastic served with your prime rib roast

Homemade Mayonnaise
According to Julia Child, mayonnaise is something every cook must confidently and rapidly whip up on command with nary a qualm, because it is one of the elemental cookery procedures.

Tartar Sauce
You'll never buy tartar sauce from the store again after you taste this delicious, easy-to-make recipe!

Thousand Island Dressing
I serve this wonderful Thousand Island Dressing with salads, spread on sandwiches (especially Reuben Sandwiches), and seafood. It is so easy to make and so good!

Desserts Sauces

Bourbon Butter Sauce
This sauce is sinful - so rich and wonderful! Absolutely great on cakes and ice cream.

Burnt Caramel Cream
Excellent served on pound cakes and over fresh fruit.

Caramel Sauce
You never need to buy prepared caramel sauce again! Making your own homemade caramel sauce is a lot easier than you might think, and it takes practically no time at all.

Caramelizing Sugar
Photo tutorial on how to caramelize sugar. Caramelizing sugar is a term most often applied to melting sugar until it becomes a caramel color liquid.

Chocolate Sauce - A wonderful low fat, low calorie, and low carbohydrate chocolate sauce to serve over fruit, cake, etc.

Crème fraîche
Commercial creme fraiche is quite expensive, so the homemade version is a life saver.

Dulce de Leche (Arequipe and Manjar Blanco)
Dulce de leche, pronounced DOOL-say duh LAY-chay) is a luscious sweetened milk sauce that is literally finger-linking good! The name means "milk sweet," "milk jam," and "sweet milk sauce."

Lavender Jelly
This jelly would be wonderful served as a dessert with ice cream, pudding, or cream.

Lemon Curd
A British teatime favorite. This sweet, yet tart, velvety spread is heavenly on freshly baked scones, muffins, and tea breads.

Maple Sauce for Strawberries
Fresh strawberries are absolutely delicious when served with this Maple Sauce.

Mock or Faux Devonshire Cream
An easy-to-make mock Devonshire Cream. Great for your tea party.

Rose Petal Jam
Enjoy this wonderful jam at your next Afternoon Tea Party.

Zabaglione with Fresh Berries
The French refer to this as Sabayon and it is used as a dessert or a sauce. It is light and refreshing and perfect as warm weather dessert.

Jams, Jellies and Relishes

Cajun Chow Chow Relish
A sweet, hot relish of pickled chopped vegetables. There are probably as many varieties of Chow Chow as there are Southern cooks.

Candied Orange Rind
These delicious candied orange rinds will be a welcome addition to any holiday party menu, tree trimming, or even wrapped to be given as a gift.

Jalapeno Pepper Jelly
This wonderful recipe is by Brad Bolton of San Diego, CA. The jalapeno jelly is fantastic with cream cheese and triscuit crackers! It looks so pretty in red and green (for Christmas presents in pretty jelly jars).

Lavender Jelly
This exotic and gorgeously pretty lavender jelly will truly delight your taste buds with pleasure. In fact, you will absolutely LOVE the taste! It can be served as an unusual accompaniment to meats, such as lamb or poultry.

New Zealand Mint Sauce
After visiting New Zealand and tasting their wonderful lamb dishes, I put together this mint sauce recipe. Very simple to make and so good! Excellent for serving with lamb.

Rose Petal Jam
Enjoy this wonderful jam at your next Afternoon Tea Party.

Stilton Blue Cheese Relish
Wait until you try this delicious cheese relish!

Lamb Sauces

New Zealand Mint Sauce
After visiting New Zealand and tasting their wonderful lamb dishes, I put together this mint sauce recipe. Very simple to make and so good! Excellent for serving with lamb.

Pasta Sauces

Parmesan-Asiago Topping
This is very addicting! Serve it as a topping for bread (crostini), tossed with pasta, on a baked potato, spooned over fresh sliced tomatoes, topping for a pizza - the possibilities are endless.

Peanut Sauce
The Peanut Sauce is excellent tossed with only cooked pasta and sesame seeds. Also great on chicken.

Pork Sauces

Al's Secret Sauce
Awesome BBQ and all-purpose sauce for Pig Pickin dip, pork chops, ribs, and chicken on the grill. Some folks even put it on burgers and steaks.

Poultry Sauces & Gravy

Cajun Chow Chow Relish
A sweet, hot relish of pickled chopped vegetables. There are probably as many varieties of Chow Chow as there are Southern cooks.

Jalapeno Pepper Jelly
This wonderful recipe is by Brad Bolton of San Diego, CA. The jalapeno jelly is fantastic with cream cheese and crackers! It looks so pretty in red and green (for Christmas presents in pretty jelly jars).

Linda's Teriyaki Sauce
This is one of my favorite recipes. I like to grill chicken with this teriyaki sauce.

Making Perfect Turkey Gravy - Hints and tips for making that perfect turkey gravy.

Peanut Sauce
The Peanut Sauce is excellent tossed with only cooked pasta and sesame seeds. Also great on chicken.

Salad Dressings and Vinaigrettes

Balsamic Vinaigrette
This is one of my favorite salad dressing! It is so easy to make and so good.

Balsamic Maple Vinaigrette
(low fat, low calorie & low carb) - The addition of pure maple syrup brings this vinaigrette to a new dimension.

Basil Infused Vinaigrette
(low fat, low calorie & low carb) - This is excellent served on fresh tomatoes from your garden.

Blue Cheese Dressing
This blue cheese dressing is so good! My husband loves it! Use it on your salads, as a dip, or on your steaks.

Classic Raspberry Vinaigrette
The addition of either fresh or frozen raspberries, makes this dressing exceptional!

Dad's Goop Salad Dressing (low fat)
My friend, Karen Calanchini of Redding, CA, adapted and shared this tasty salad dressing recipe. Karen says, "This is from a good friend of mine and she says it is close to 60 years old and that her dad used to make it. I've created this low-fat version that I use all the time. It is very good!"

Hazelnut Vinaigrette
The hazelnut oil really gives this vinaigrette a special taste! This recipe is a favorite of my husband.

Honey Mustard Dressing
My husband loves honey mustard dressing and this homemade version also delights him. So easy to make!

Juniper Berry Vinaigrette
Recipe by chef Bruce Naftaly of Le Gourmand Restaurant in Seattle, WA.

Lemon Vinaigrette
This is one of my favorite salad dressing. I'm always making this vinaigrette. It is so easy to make and so good!

Pomegranate Viniagrette
(low fat, low calorie & low carb) - Another great tasting slow fat, low calories, and low carbohydrate salad dressing - plus you have all the benefits of the pomegranate.

Poppyseed Dressing
This is the best poppy seed dressing you have every tasted!

Sesame-Dijon Vinaigrette with Capers
Check out this very different, but delicious, version of Honey-Mustard Dressing.

Thousand Island Dressing
I serve this wonderful Thousand Island Dressing with salads, spread on sandwiches (especially Reuben Sandwiches), and seafood. It is so easy to make and so good!

Truffle Oil Dressing
This salad dressing is a wonderful gastronomic experience. The truffle oil provides a new meaning to salads as there is something about the smell that makes you want to throw aside your fork and eat the salad with your fingers!

Vermont Maple Dressing
This is a wonderful salad dressing. It is one of my family's favorite salad dressings and sure to become one of yours.

Salsa and Guacamole

Avocado-Corn Salsa
Fresh corn and avocado. Yum!

Brenda's Salsa Recipe
This is my daughter's recipes. Salsa is a delicious uncooked chunky tomato sauce. You can develop a real passion for salsa, since it is low in calories and very flavorful.

Chunky Avocado Salad - Guacamole Salad
This version of guacamole is fantastic! I really like this chunky version over the mashed ones. It can be served as an appetizer or a salad with either corn or flour tortillas.

Cranberry Salsa with Cream Cheese
This fantastic recipe was shared with me by Carol Reich of Hillsboro, Oregon. Carol won a Dip Contest on the Satellite Sisters Radio Show with this outstanding and also beautiful-to-look-at recipe.

Jicama Salsa
Check out this very unusual and delicious salsa!

Mango and Black Bean Salsa
A wonderful salsa recipe. Also excellent with seafood and fish.

Roasted Lemon Salsa
This is an unusual approach that produces a great condiment. Roasting a lemon softens its acidity and adds a toasty note. It's a great topper for broiled or grilled chicken and fish.

Salsa Verde
Salsa verde is to Mexican cuisine what tomato sauce is to Italian food. Its most popular use is as a chip dip, but also used as a sauce on meats.

Stilton Blue Cheese Relish
This outstanding recipe was shared with me by Kieran Sienkiewicz of Portland, Oregon. Kieran is an outstanding cook and served this excellent relish with a smoked pork tenderloin roast. On it's own, it also makes a wonderful salad or an appetizer relish.

Tropical Fruit Salsa
This fruit salsa is a delicious summertime treat. You can develop a real passion for this salsa, since it is low in calories and very flavorful.

Seafood Sauces

Cilantro-Lime Sauce
Cilantro Lime Sauce is excellent serve on any and all seafood. We like to use it on our fish tacos. So easy to make and so good!

Cocktail Sauce
Try this sauce with your next shrimp cocktail!

Cucumber-Caviar Sauce
A very gourmet sauce that goes well with either smoked or baked salmon.

Dill Sauce
A very easy-to-make gourmet dill sauce that goes well with any type of seafood.

Homemade Tartar Sauce
You'll never buy tartar sauce from the store again after you taste this delicious, easy-to-make recipe!

Lemon Sour Cream Sauce
This lemon sauce is especially good with salmon, but goes well with any fish or seafood.

Pinot Gris-Dijon Sauce
A wonderful Dijon sauce that will go with any seafood or fish that you want to serve.

Pinot Noir Syrup
Reducing the pinot noir wine and adding a good quality balsamic vinegar, make for a wonderful sauce to serve with your salmon.

Tarragon Mayonnaise
Excellent served with poached fish and crab cakes.

Thousand Island Dressing
I serve this wonderful Thousand Island Dressing with salads, spread on sandwiches (especially Reuben Sandwiches), and seafood. It is so easy to make and so good!

Truffle-Onion Sauce
This wonderful and spectacular recipe is excellent served with any type of poached fish (especially salmon).

Vegetable Sauces

Crème fraîche
Commercial creme fraiche is quite expensive, so the homemade version is a life saver.

Hollandaise Sauce
What would the famous Egg Benedict be without a great Hollandaise Sauce? Also great served on cooked asparagus.

A collection of sauces is invaluable to a cook.

Sauces enable a cook to add the finishing touch to a wide variety of both sweet and savory dishes. A sauce, gravy, or simple glaze can make or break a good meal.

Keeping Sauces Hot:

Sauces to be served hot can be kept in a double boiler over hot water.

Hollandaise and other egg-based sauces should be kept over warm water, otherwise they will become thin or curdled.

TIP: I keep my sauces warm in a small thermos container. I can keep them warm for a couple of hours this way. You can also make a sauce and travel with it.

Jalapeno Pepper Jelly

Lavender Jelly

Chunky Avocado Salad - Guacamole Salad

Thousand Island Dressing

Crème fraîche

Caramel Sauce

Jalapeno Pepper Jelly

Stilton Blue Cheese Relish

Homemade Mayonnaise