A separately-prepared cooking liquid or condiment served with other food.
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Can you make a sauce with beer?
Usually when there is alcohol in a recipe, it's wine. Why isn't there more beer? I've only ever seen it used in beer batters. Can beer be made into sauces or other uses? Do ales, lagers, or stouts ...
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What is the difference between butterscotch, caramel, and toffee?
I've always thought they were the same. Tonight I noticed a slight taste difference as compared to caramel when I had some "butterscotch" for the first time in a while. Now my assumptions have been ...
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Mexican Cheese Sauce?
There's a Mexican restaurant in my hometown that serves (their term) 'Arroz con pollo'. The dish itself seems incredibly simple -- it's pretty much just rice, chicken, and an incredible cheese sauce.
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Some sauce that goes well with fish sticks? [closed]
I have found that fish sticks and potatoes/pasta, which I like to eat because it's fast and easy to make, is kind of dry.
Does anyone have any good tips on some sauce that would go well with this ...
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How should I add wine to the sauce for my duck?
I have some chicken stock that I've made, that I want to use as a base for a sauce for some duck. I am roasting the duck bones at the moment and will simmer them in the chicken stock for a while.
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Why is there a watery run-off after cooking my bolognese?
It's a fairly standard recipe with passata and wine, simmering on a low heat for a couple of hours. After stirring and putting the bolognese onto the pasta, after a couple of minutes the sauce ...
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Soy sauce substitute
I'm cooking for a friend that, for medical reasons, must eat vegan, and soy-free. I was really wanting to make a vegetarian stir-fry for her, but I can't come up with or find any sauce that would be ...
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Peking Duck Sauce
I have just visited China (Beijing).
There I had Peking Duck which was wonderful. They served it with a sauce - sort of sweet, brown and thick. I was wondering if anyone has a name for this sauce as ...
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Types of Sauce for Stir-Fry [closed]
I've recently started learning to cook stir fry, and I'm interested in what types of sauce are recommended. I typically cook a mixture of chicken or beef, spinach, broccoli, carrots and onions. ...
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How can I fix a hollandaise sauce after it has split?
I made a hollandaise sauce on the weekend and it split so I threw it out and started again but I was wondering if there is anything you can do to save it once it splits?
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How can I make cheap, smooth homemade Alfredo sauce?
I've tried making Alfredo sauce several times based on a few online recipes.
It generally comes out pretty tasty, but also with one flaw: the sauce is grainy or gritty because the grated Parmesan ...
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How can I improve my barbecue sauce recipe?
I've been trying to refine my BBQ sauce lately and I'm really curious if I can improve it, or if I'm mixing a sauce for a wrong purpose. The times I've made it, it have been used as a marinade for ...
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In a tomato sauce recipe, how can I cut the acidity?
It seems that every time I make a tomato sauce for pasta, the sauce is a little bit too acid for my taste. I've tried using sugar or sodium bicarbonate, but I'm not satisfied with the results.
