How to Make Gourmet Sauces at Home

Making your own gourmet sauces at home has a lot of benefits. In the long run it’s cheaper to make your sauces and condiments at home instead of buying them. It also means that you can save a lot of money by not eating out because you will be able to make your favorite restaurant dishes at home.

Making your own gourmet sauces at home is also a lot healthier than eating out. When you are doing the cooking you can control the ingredients that you use and the amount of calories that are contained in each sauce or condiment. Using fresh and organic ingredients will be a lot healthier for you and your family and the sauces and dishes that you make at home will taste better too.

Making your own gourmet sauces at home is also just plain fun. You will learn a lot about cooking and about ethnic cuisine. You can teach your kids to cook and you can spend family time together making meals and eating dinner together instead of rushing through meals in a crowded and expensive restaurant. Bring your family back to the dinner table for family time with meals that you make together. Your kids will remember it for their whole lives, and studies have shown that families that make and eat meals together are stronger and have fewer relationship problems than families where the members don’t eat together.

It might take some time and practice before you really get good at making gourmet sauces at home but it’s worth the time and effort. You might even discover a new passion for cooking that you didn’t know you had!

Good luck to you as you discover the exciting world of home cooked gourmet sauces!

Table of Contents

Introduction

The History of Sauces

Basic Sauce Ingredients

Common Sauce Terms and Defintions

Tips for Buying Great Sauce Pots and Pans

Five Most Commonly Used White Sauces

A Few More Words ABout Béchamel

Five Most Commonly Used Brown Sauces

Five Most Common Butter-Based Sauces

Five Most Commonly Used Red Sauces

Five Most Commonly Used Dessert Sauces

Five Most Commonly Used Emulsified Sauces

Ten Tips from Expert Chefs on Making Great Sauces

1. Use high quality ingredients

2. Buy Demi-Glace and Stock Instead of Making It Yourself

3. Use the Right Equipment

4. Get Everything Ready Before You Start

5. Use a Wooden Spoon to Tell if You Reduction is Ready

6. A Great Sauce Comes from a Great Start

7. Check the Thickness of the Sauce Often

8. A Sauce Should Not Have Lumps

9. Sauces Take Time

10. Don’t Use Non-stick Pans for Sauces

Easy to Make American Sauces

Barbecue Sauce

Barbecue Sauces in Other Types of Cuisine

Seafood Sauces

Five Ingredients to Keep in the Kitchen to Make Seafood Sauces

Salad Dressings

Easy to Make Asian Sauces

Five Ingredients You Should Have in the Kitchen to Make Asian Sauces

The Five French “mother Sauces”

Five Ingredients You Should Have in the Kitchen to Make French Sauces

Easy to Make English Sauces

Five Ingredients You Should Have in the Kitchen to Make English Sauces

Easy to Make Eastern European Sauces

Five Ingredients You Should Have in the Kitchen to Make Eastern European Sauces

Easy to Make Indian Sauces

Five Ingredients You Should Have in the Kitchen to Make Indian Sauces

Easy to Make Italian Sauces

Five Ingredients You Should Have in the Kitchen to Make Italian Sauces

Easy to Make Middle Eastern and North African Sauces

Five Ingredients You Should Have in the Kitchen to Make Middle Eastern and North African Sauces

Easy to Make Spanish Sauces

Five Ingredients You Should Have in the Kitchen to Make Spanish Sauces

Fruit Sauces and Syrups

Five Ways to Use Fruit Sauces and Syrups to Dress up Ordinary Meals

Five Ways to Use Sauces Everyday

Where to Find the Best Ingredients for Your Homemade Sauces

Ways to Save Money Buying Sauce Ingredients

Conclusion