Sauces recipes

Kansas City-style barbecue sauce simmered from scratch with tomato paste, brown sugar, honey, beef stock, and a bold spice blend. Thick, sweet, tangy, and smoky.

A chunky red sauce that is fresh and lively served over any type of pasta.

Hearty eggplant spaghetti sauce with roasted eggplant cubes, sautéed mushrooms, garlic, and red wine simmered into jarred marinara. Vegetarian, freezer-friendly, ready over pasta.

Flounder in lemon-dill sauce, gently poached in butter with fresh dill, lemon juice, and scallions. A delicate one-skillet fish dinner ready in under 20 minutes.

Strawberry sauce with grenadine, cinnamon, and a dash of hot sauce blended smooth. A sweet-heat dessert topping inspired by Pittsburgh's Union Grill.

Traditional Japanese sashimi dipping sauce made by simmering soy sauce with katsuobushi (bonito flakes) and sake, then garnished with wasabi. Deeper and more aromatic than plain soy sauce.

Beef with Chinese steak sauce: flash-fried marinated beef in a sweet-savory hoisin-ketchup sauce, served over puffed bean thread noodles. Chinese-American fusion stir-fry with dramatic crunchy noodle presentation.

Harissa sauce made with fresh or dried red chiles, garlic and a deeply aromatic Moroccan-style broth of chicken, chickpeas, saffron, cinnamon, orange peel and honey. A vivid North African accompaniment for couscous.

This is a lovely sauce to go with either pancakes, ice cream or on gingerbread cake

Sauce Chien, a spicy Caribbean condiment made with red and green jalapenos, garlic, onion, oregano, and hot vinegar. A fiery French Antillean table sauce for grilled meats and fish.

Sauced shrimp with poached shrimp in pickling-spice broth, then simmered in white wine and tomato sauce with grated onion. The Mediterranean-style shrimp dinner served over rice.

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.

Hearty burgundy spaghetti sauce with red wine, stewed tomatoes, tomato paste, green pepper, basil, and oregano. A meatless pasta sauce with rich, wine-deepened tomato flavor.

A rich Italian meat sauce with Italian sausage, ground beef, pancetta, porcini mushrooms, and red wine simmered with tomatoes and a hint of nutmeg. Worthy of your Christmas Eve pasta course.

Fresh tomatillo green sauce with jalapenos, cumin, cilantro, and garlic sauteed in vegetable stock. A low-fat, bright salsa verde for tacos, enchiladas, and grilled meats.

Creamy grilling sauce for lobster tails made with mayonnaise, ketchup, lemon juice, and Worcestershire. Whip it up in 5 minutes and brush it on for charred, tangy, buttery lobster off the grill.