1,995 cream sauce recipes

Ham and vegetable linguine with asparagus, mushrooms, zucchini, and peas in a Parmesan cream sauce. A loaded one-skillet pasta dinner ready in 30 minutes.

Classic finnan haddie in cream sauce with hard-cooked eggs, pimiento, and broiled bread crumbs. Inspired by the Nero Wolfe mystery novels, served with anchovy toast.

New England-style individual lobster pie with sherry cream sauce, egg yolk custard, and a buttery cracker-Parmesan crumb topping. Baked low and slow for a rich, elegant finish.

Quickie beef stroganoff with tender chuck steak strips, earthy mushrooms, and tangy sour cream sauce over buttered noodles in under an hour.

Sorrel omelet with wilted sorrel leaves folded into eggs and finished with a reduced cream sauce poured down the center. A classic French omelet with a bright, lemony tang.

Quick bechamel sauce with table cream, butter, flour, and grated Swiss cheese melted in. A rich, cheesy white sauce ready in under 20 minutes for topping any dish.

Chicken breasts in cider cream sauce: pan-seared chicken paired with sauteed apple slices in a Dijon-spiked reduced apple cider cream. A bistro-style autumn dinner.

Perfect for a crowd, this refreshing dessert can be made up to 2 days ahead.

Sauteed chicken breast in a brandy-laced mushroom cream sauce, served over wild rice. A bistro-style dinner from the pantry, ready in under an hour.

Plump shucked oysters in a buttery cream sauce seasoned with mace and nutmeg, spooned into flaky patty shells. A classic seafood appetizer or elegant holiday main course.

Crabmeat supreme casserole with two pounds of crab in a buttery sherry cream sauce with mushrooms, pimentos, and a cracker crumb topping. An elegant make-ahead dish.

Beef tenderloin with morels and tarragon-Marsala sauce pan-sears filets and finishes them in a cream sauce built on earthy morels, sweet Marsala, and anise-tinged tarragon. Restaurant-plate dinner without the prix fixe.

Chicken scaloppine with mushrooms in a white wine cream sauce made in one pan. Golden seared chicken breasts finished in a reduced wine and cream pan sauce in 30 minutes.

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.

Bold herring salad, marinated herring tossed with apple, Spanish onion, potato, and beets in a creamy dill dressing. A sweet-tart, savory Northern European salad with a rosy hue, served chilled.

Shahi chicken curry with cashew nut paste, cream, garam masala, and golden raisins in a rich tomato-spice sauce. A royal Mughlai-style Indian chicken dish.