1,840 butter sauce recipes

Ultra-rich alfredo sauce made with roasted garlic, real Parmigiano-Reggiano, Asiago cheese, and butter. Chilled overnight for deeper flavor, this two-cheese sauce clings to every strand of pasta.

Fat-free cocoa squares with applesauce instead of butter or oil. A hot cocoa-brown sugar sauce poured over the batter before baking creates a gooey, self-saucing chocolate dessert.

Pan-seared sea scallops sauteed with mushrooms, shallots, garlic, and scallions in a butter and white wine sauce. A restaurant-quality seafood dinner with a rich, lemon-bright pan sauce.

Three-ingredient primavera cream sauce with heavy cream, butter, and Parmesan melted into a silky coating for pasta or spring vegetables. Quick Italian-style white sauce ready in 10 minutes.

Rabbit curry: butter-baked rabbit deboned and folded into a creamy curry sauce with apple, sour cream, and orange zest. A classic English-style mild curry served over rice.

Oysters in champagne sauce: plump shucked oysters cloaked in a silky butter-champagne sauce, broiled just until golden on a bed of rock salt. An elegant appetizer for New Year's Eve or any holiday table.

Chicken scallopini uses pounded chicken breasts with a crispy Italian breadcrumb crust and a quick lemon-caper butter pan sauce. Italian restaurant classic ready in under 20 minutes.

Lobster, shrimp, and king crab in a velvety white wine cream sauce with butter and paprika. A showpiece seafood dish that serves 12 over rice.

Foamy orange sauce is a holiday-favorite hard sauce traditionally served over Christmas pudding, gingerbread, or bread pudding. Whipped butter, powdered sugar, and orange juice make a citrusy, cloud-like topping.

Quick mushroom sauce of sliced mushrooms browned in butter and finished with a splash of Worcestershire. A fast, savory pan sauce to spoon over steak, omelets, or fish. Ready in minutes.

Grilled lamb chops with Gorgonzola cream sauce reduced from white wine, heavy cream, blue cheese, and butter. A steakhouse-style entree for special-occasion dinners.

Pan-seared salmon over a vibrant asparagus cream sauce, made by pureeing tender asparagus tips with butter and infusing the stalks into cream. An elegant, restaurant-style spring plate.

Ham and macaroni casserole baked in a brown sugar-mustard white sauce with sliced apples and a buttered bread crumb topping. A sweet-savory comfort bake.

Pan-fried fish fillets with brown butter and lemon sauce. Works with red snapper, grouper, or chicken breast. A classic French meuniere-style technique.

Tortellini with cream sauce made from just butter, heavy cream, and freshly grated Parmesan. A five-ingredient Italian pasta dish ready in 25 minutes with a rich, velvety coating.

Shrimp Andre sautes mushrooms, onion, and butterflied shrimp in butter with sherry, then folds in a lemony Mornay sauce. A classic French bistro plate over rice pilaf, ready in 20 minutes.