1,994 cream sauce recipes

Buttermilk-soaked Canadian goose stuffed with prunes and apples, wrapped in bacon, and slow-roasted until tender. Served with a rich sour cream and currant jelly sauce. A showpiece roast for eight.

Flour-dusted turkey breast strips browned in artichoke marinade, then finished in a lemony sour cream and Parmesan sauce garnished with artichoke hearts. Elegant enough for guests, easy enough for a Tuesday.

Chicken breasts Veronique-style with seedless green grapes: pan-simmered in white wine, orange marmalade, tarragon, and cream. A French bistro classic with a fruit sauce that comes together in 30 minutes.

Fettuccine Alfredo with ham: hot pasta tossed with a rich sauce of butter, cream, and parmesan, studded with sauteed ham. A fast, decadent classic that comes together off the heat in minutes.

Mock lobster Flemish style dresses up humble white fish, poached in a beer broth, bound in a silky cream and egg-yolk sauce, spooned into scallop shells, and broiled under Gruyere. An elegant fish gratin on a budget.

Meringue berry pie features an almond Pavlova-style shell holding vanilla ice cream, mixed fresh berries, and a homemade raspberry sauce. Crisp on the outside, marshmallow soft inside, with summer fruit on top.

Profiteroles au chocolat are crisp French pâte à choux puffs filled with cold ice cream and topped with warm chocolate sauce. The classic Parisian bistro dessert, stunning yet simple to make at home.

Pears Helene is a classic French dessert of poached pear halves served with hot chocolate sauce and optional vanilla ice cream and chopped almonds. Elegant, timeless, and surprisingly simple to make at home.

DIY chicken broccoli pockets stuff warm pita with a creamy filling of cooked chicken, broccoli, and shredded carrot in a lemony cream-of-chicken sauce. A fast, 25-minute lunch or weeknight dinner.

Chicken breasts dipped in sour cream, rolled in herb stuffing crumbs, then baked with butter and dry vermouth. Served with a creamy mushroom-vermouth sauce that turns weeknight chicken into a French-inspired feast.

Fresh tomato pasta toss simmers blanched and peeled tomatoes with garlic, basil, parsley, and oregano, finished with a splash of cream over penne. A high-summer pasta sauce when tomatoes are at their peak.

Low fat yogurt onion dip blends plain yogurt with grated onion, lemon juice, parsley, horseradish, and a dash of hot sauce. A lighter alternative to sour cream onion dip with the same satisfying tang.

Rigatoni al Gorgonzola with crumbled Gorgonzola melted into warm cream with nutmeg and Parmesan. A rich, velvety Italian blue cheese pasta sauce that comes together in the time it takes to boil the noodles.

Salmon loaf bound with nutty bulgur and loaded with vegetables, baked into a tender ring and topped with a tangy sour cream horseradish sauce. A wholesome, fiber-rich twist on the classic salmon loaf.

Mincemeat sundae pie blends fruit mincemeat into vanilla ice cream, packs it into a vanilla wafer-pecan crust, and finishes each slice with warm homemade caramel sauce. A festive frozen twist on a Christmas classic.

Traditional Swedish cabbage rolls (kåldolmar) filled with ground beef, pork sausage, and rice, browned in butter and brown sugar, then baked in broth and finished with a cream pan sauce. Comfort food with Scandinavian roots.