1,840 butter sauce recipes

New Zealand salmon steaks poached in foil with lemon and butter, chilled until the natural juices set into jelly, then served cold with warm Hollandaise sauce.

Turkey piccata: flour-dredged turkey cutlets sauteed in butter and finished with a fresh lemon pan sauce. A lighter, faster take on the Italian veal classic.

Homemade potato gnocchi with tomato-porcini sauce, shaped with a fork and served with butter and Parmesan. A classic Italian technique for pillowy hand-rolled dumplings.

Pasta with sun-dried tomato cream sauce, butter, nutmeg and a Parmesan-egg-yolk finish. Rich, restaurant-style pasta in 30 minutes for any noodle shape.

Authentic Italian linguine carbonara uses butter, Parmigiano-Reggiano, beaten eggs, and parsley tossed with hot pasta off the heat to form a silky sauce without cream.

Roasted Cornish game hens slathered with ginger-five-spice butter and stuffed with lemon and onion. Crackly, fragrant skin and a white-wine pan sauce for an elegant dinner.

Leek pizza with butter-sauteed leeks, Roma tomatoes, and crumbled feta cheese on a prebaked shell. A white pizza with no red sauce that lets the sweet caramelized leeks shine.

Lemony chicken zucchini stir-fry with mushrooms, carrots, and toasted walnut halves. A 30-minute one-pan dinner brightened with lemon zest and garlic butter, no soy sauce required.

Linguine with herbed shrimp in a garlic butter and olive oil sauce, finished with Parmigiano-Reggiano and fresh herbs. An easy 35-minute pasta dinner with bold flavor and almost no cleanup.

Russian meatballs (bitki): beef and veal meatballs fried golden in butter and smothered in a sour cream and mushroom sauce. Old-world comfort food, straight from the Russian babushka's kitchen.

Spaghetti carbonara with bacon, beaten eggs, white wine, butter, and grated Italian cheese. The hot pasta cooks the eggs into a creamy, silky sauce right in the bowl.

Swedish veal roulades with a ground veal and mashed potato filling, rolled around paper-thin leeks and browned in butter. Finished with a quick cream pan sauce, these are a classic Scandinavian main dish worth mastering.

Classic French blanquette of veal with cauliflower in a velvety white roux sauce finished with sour cream. Slow-simmered tender veal stew, lightly nutmegged. Serve over rice pilaf or buttered noodles.

This a delightful dish is an innovative and economical way to serve a do-it-yourself-style appetizer or main-dish. It is usually presented in a special lacquered wood or china tray with the required number of compartments. It is just as effective served on a tray in small bowls or dishes

Whole wheat pasta tossed with a no-cook ricotta sauce: butter, walnut oil, fresh herbs, and toasted walnuts whisked smooth with half-and-half. Ready in 25 minutes, lighter than alfredo, nuttier than carbonara.

Spinach ricotta gnocchi (gnudi): pillowy Italian dumplings made without potatoes. Just ricotta, spinach, parmesan, and a touch of breadcrumb. Poached gently and dressed with butter or tomato sauce.