1,840 butters sauce recipes

Easy steak au poivre: filet mignon crusted in cracked black peppercorns, pan-seared in butter, finished with a red wine pan sauce. French classic in 15 minutes.

Honey crunch baked apples stuffed with granola, dates, and almonds, drizzled with a honey-butter apple juice sauce. Old-fashioned autumn dessert you can feel good about.

Bananas and pecan foster simmer halved bananas in a brown sugar, butter, orange juice, cinnamon, and toasted pecan sauce, served warm over vanilla ice cream. A New Orleans classic with a Southern pecan twist.

A buttery lemon-garlic orzo finished with parmesan and fresh herbs. The chicken broth reduces and gets mounted with butter into a silky sauce that coats every grain. A quick, savory side for any meat.

Refined beef stroganoff with Dijon mustard sharpening the classic sour cream sauce. Tender beef strips simmered in a butter-flour roux thickened with beef stock for restaurant-quality results.

Mexican-style rabbit braised in a chili-infused, peanut-thickened sauce warmed with cumin, clove, and nutmeg. A rustic, mole-adjacent dish where peanut butter lends body and depth. Works with chicken too.

Creamy mushroom and pea sauce with white wine, Parmesan, and a rich butter-cream base. Toss with your favorite pasta or spoon over rice for a fast, elegant weeknight dinner.

Chicken Kiev wraps pounded chicken breasts around frozen garlic-herb butter, then breads and deep-fries until golden. Cuts open to a buttery flood, served with sherry cream sauce.

Garlicky sauteed shrimp in a white wine cream sauce spooned over vibrant spinach noodles. A homemade bechamel, shallots, and fresh chives make this scampi richer than your usual butter-and-garlic version.

Slow cooker pinto beans with a full pound of bacon, red onion, garlic, brown sugar, tomato sauce, and smoky adobo. Serve over thick buttered French bread soaked in the bean broth.

Pesto spaghetti tossed with a fresh parsley and basil sauce, pine nuts, Parmesan, garlic, and butter. A 30-minute pasta dinner with a no-cook pesto that freezes well.

Red wine pot roast braised low and slow with 24 cloves of garlic, carrots, celery, and thyme. Fork-tender beef with a rich, butter-finished pan sauce strained from the vegetables.

Fried lake trout with a cornmeal crust, finished with a quick pan sauce of butter, sour cream, and lemon. Classic Midwestern shore-lunch dish ready in 20 minutes.

Sardinian pasta with fresh tomato basil sauce made from plum tomatoes cooked slowly in olive oil and finished with butter. Five-ingredient Italian pasta that showcases peak summer tomatoes.

A traditional Swiss dessert of dried pears poached in spiced red wine, served alongside creamy walnut rice pudding and a honey-butter wine sauce. Elegant, aromatic, and unforgettable.

Grilled chicken breasts with a silky French tarragon-Dijon butter sauce. Marinate in lemon and oil, grill until charred, then drizzle with buttery wine reduction spiked with mustard.