1,840 butter sauce recipes

Steamed red cabbage wedges and quartered red potatoes drizzled with a horseradish butter sauce with green onions. A simple vegetarian side dish.

Shrimp and sea scallops over angel hair pasta in a reduced white wine, cognac, and tarragon butter sauce. An elegant 30-minute seafood dinner with restaurant polish.

Paillard of fresh fish with salsa beurre blanc: firm fish pounded ultra-thin, broiled 2 minutes, and topped with a French butter sauce spiked with salsa fresca. Ready in 20 minutes.

Pan-fried red snapper fillets in a brown butter sauce with garlic, lemon juice, and parsley. Restaurant-quality fish dinner ready in under 25 minutes.

Pan-fried brook trout dusted in flour and cooked in butter until golden, served with a lemon-chive butter sauce. A simple, classic preparation for whole fresh-caught trout.

Green lentils simmered with lovage, thyme, orange peel, and shallots in a reduced butter sauce. A refined, herbaceous French-style lentil side dish with an unexpected citrus note.

This chocolate cake includes bananas both in the cake and creamy sauce.

Red lentils simmer with sautéed peppers, onions, and berbere spice in ghee for this protein-rich Ethiopian main dish ready in an hour.

Broiled salmon fillets with a silky pureed fennel butter sauce seasoned with nutmeg and cayenne. An elegant seafood dinner with a French-inspired anise-sweet accompaniment.

Whole roasted salmon stuffed with bacon-wilted red cabbage and roasted chestnuts, baked in white wine and served with a shallot-vinegar butter sauce.

Applesauce cheesecake: smooth cream cheese cheesecake with applesauce and warm spices on graham-pecan crust, finished with warm pecan caramel sauce.

Pan-fried catfish fillets topped with a Cajun butter sauce of plump oysters, smoky andouille sausage, mushrooms, and green onions. Louisiana bayou cooking on a plate.

Margarita shrimp with fettuccine: tequila-lemon-marinated shrimp dipped in egg and flour, seared, and served over pasta with a lemon-ginger-wine butter sauce.

Aunt Lucille's tamale pie with ground beef, cornmeal, canned corn, and chili powder baked until golden. A dump-and-stir casserole with a spicy tomato-butter sauce on top.

Pesto-crusted salmon and sea scallops bake together over a bed of garlic butter sauce. A 5-ingredient seafood dinner with herby green pesto, golden breadcrumbs, and silky scallop sweetness.

Elegant French escargot appetizer baked in puff pastry "coffins" with white wine butter sauce and toasted hazelnuts for sophisticated entertaining.