Cream sauce

Sauces are a universal component that not only complements, but also enhances the taste of the main dish, focusing on one or another component of the dish. Sauces are served with a wide variety of dishes: meat, chicken, and even seafood and vegetables. And preparing such a supplement is very simple and quick, especially if you follow all the steps of the detailed recipes described below.

Homemade creamy milk sauce

Everyone has long known recipes for sauces made from sour cream and cream, but did you know that you can even make a delicate and aromatic creamy sauce from milk? This dressing is ideal for fish dishes and is somewhat reminiscent of bechamel sauce.

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   Cream sauce is very easy to make at home. We prepare the necessary products: we measure the required amount using a kitchen gram scale.
2. 
   Grate hard cheese.
3. 
   Melt butter in a frying pan.
4. 
   Gradually add flour to the butter and bring to a slightly golden brown color with constant stirring.
5. 
   Pour milk at room temperature into the pan and, without ceasing to stir, simmer for about 4-5 minutes, add salt to taste. Afterwards, add the cheese and mix again.
6. 
   The sauce is ready. Bon appetit!

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How to make a delicious cream sauce?

The recipe for the perfect creamy sauce with the addition of blue cheese is very simple, quick and delicious. This addition can be served with various snacks, such as onion rings, nuggets and even chips, and the sauce goes well with slices of fresh carrots and celery.

Cooking time - 20 minutes.

Cooking time - 20 minutes.

Portions – 5.

Ingredients:

• Cream (20% fat) – 400 ml.
• Flour – 1 tbsp.
• Butter – 1 tbsp.
• Garlic – 1 tooth.
• Blue cheese – 150 gr.
• Salt – 1-2 pinches.

Cooking process:

1. Pass a clove of garlic through a press or finely chop it using a sharp knife.

2. Melt a small piece of butter in a deep frying pan or saucepan.

3. Pour one heaped tablespoon of sifted flour into the liquid oil.

4. Stir thoroughly and fry until golden brown.

5. Add the cream in a thin stream and vigorously stir the mixture with a whisk. Stir until thickened and break up all the lumps, the consistency should be homogeneous.

6. Add the chopped garlic clove and stir.

7. Crumble the blue cheese with your hands and also add it to the frying pan.

8. Stir with a whisk until the cheese is completely melted. Add salt to your taste and the sauce is ready. Bon appetit!

Creamy milk and cheese sauce

Many adults and children simply adore pasta, but if the pasta is complemented with a creamy cheese sauce made from ingredients that housewives always have on hand, this dish will sparkle with completely new colors.

Cooking time - 30 min.

Cooking time - 20 minutes.

Portions – 5.

Ingredients:

• Flour – 2 tsp.
• Butter – 2 tsp.
• Salt – ½ tsp.
• Milk – 350 ml.
• Hard cheese – 150 gr.
• Italian herbs - to taste.

Cooking process:

1. Melt the butter in a thick-bottomed saucepan or saucepan.

2. Gradually add flour to butter and knead until smooth.

3. Without stopping stirring, pour in milk at room temperature in a thin stream. Simmer over moderate heat until the mixture acquires the consistency of ketchup.

4. Using a vegetable peeler or a sharp knife, cut the cheese into thin slices and place in a saucepan with the rest of the ingredients. Stir with a whisk until the cheese is completely melted - remove from the stove. Season with aromatic herbs and salt to your taste.

5. Bon appetit!

Simple and delicious creamy sour cream sauce

A creamy sauce made from sour cream, herbs and garlic will become your favorite, because it can be used for a wide variety of dishes, for example: in borscht instead of sour cream, for fish, poultry and meat.

Cooking time - 10 min.

Cooking time - 10 min.

Portions – 4-6.

Ingredients:

• Sour cream – 200 ml.
• Garlic – 2-3 teeth.
• Salt – 2 pinches.
• Greens - to taste.

Cooking process:

1. Transfer 200 milliliters of sour cream into a deep and wide container, in which it will be convenient to mix the components.

2. Peel a few cloves of garlic.

3. And pass through a garlic press or finely chop with a knife.

4.Rinse any greens you like thoroughly under running water, dry them and chop them not too finely.

5. Add a little salt, chopped herbs and garlic to the sour cream - mix thoroughly and the sauce is ready. Bon appetit!

How to make creamy pasta sauce?

Pasta is such a versatile product that it can be served not only with meat and seafood, but also simply generously sprinkled with aromatic creamy sauce made from heavy cream, shitake mushrooms and cheese.

Cooking time – 25 min.

Cooking time - 15 minutes.

Portions – 2.

Ingredients:

• Spaghetti – 250 gr.
• Cream (at least 20% fat) – 125 ml.
• Butter – 25 gr.
• Shiitake mushrooms - 50 gr.
• Hard cheese – 50 gr.
• Garlic – 1 tooth.
• Nutmeg (chopped) – ½ tsp.
• Salt - to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.

Cooking process:

1. Let's start by cooking the pasta. Boil water in a saucepan, add salt to taste and add spaghetti.

2. While the pasta is cooking, let's make the sauce. Melt butter in a frying pan and add chopped mushrooms.

3. Pour heavy cream into a saucepan, bring to a boil and then add cheese, shredded using a grater. With constant stirring, let the cheese melt, season with garlic, passed through a press, nutmeg and ground black pepper.

4. Drain the broth from the finished spaghetti and begin to form the dish. Place some mushrooms on a flat plate, then pasta and pour over the aromatic creamy sauce.

5. If desired, you can decorate with sprigs of fresh herbs. Bon appetit!

Step-by-step recipe for making creamy chicken sauce

When you are tired of regular fried or stewed chicken, we prepare a new and original dish with a beautiful presentation - poultry stewed in a delicate creamy sauce. This dish goes well with various side dishes: boiled fluffy rice, new potatoes and pasta.

Cooking time – 1 hour 20 minutes

Cooking time - 20 minutes.

Portions – 4.

Ingredients:

• Chicken legs – 4 pcs.
• Flour – 1 tbsp.
• Onions – 2 pcs.
• Garlic – 2-3 teeth.
• Georgian adjika (spicy, made from pepper) – 2 tsp.
• Cream – 200 ml.
• Chicken broth – 200 ml.
• Vegetable oil – 2 tbsp.
• Butter – 30-50 gr.
• Salt - to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.

Cooking process:

1. Cut the legs along the joint and divide them into drumsticks and thighs, rinse them under running water, dry them with paper towels and start marinating. Season the meat with salt, ground black pepper and coat with hot adjika. Place in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.

2. Peel the onion and cut into fairly large petals. Heat the vegetable oil and butter in a frying pan and fry the onion until golden brown, then remove the vegetable and throw it away, we only needed it to flavor the oil.

3. Fry the chicken pieces until golden brown in onion oil and transfer to a baking dish.

4. Let's make the cream sauce. In a dry frying pan, fry the wheat flour until golden.

5. In the same frying pan in which the chicken was fried, pour broth and cream, chopped garlic, salt and pepper to your taste, and bring to a boil over moderate heat. Afterwards, add the fried flour for a thicker consistency, mix thoroughly and pour the hot and aromatic sauce over the bird.

6. Bake the chicken in the sauce for 30 minutes at 180 degrees.Season the side dish with the rest of the sauce and enjoy. Bon appetit!

Delicious creamy sauce for fish

Fish is not only a very tasty product, but also incredibly healthy, however, we all sometimes want variety and creamy sauce, which goes perfectly with both sea and river fish, copes with this task perfectly. The addition of sauce gives the fish a richer taste and aroma, thanks to which a familiar dish can easily sparkle with new colors.

Cooking time - 10 min.

Cooking time - 5 minutes.

Portions – 10.

Ingredients:

• Cream 11% - 200 ml.
• Creole mustard – 1 tsp.
• Dijon mustard – 4 tbsp.
• Honey – 2 tsp.
• Lime – ¼ pcs.
• Mustard seeds – 1 pinch.
• Coriander (seeds) – 1 pinch.
• Parsley – 1 bunch.

Cooking process:

1. Pour the cream into a thick-bottomed saucepan or saucepan and place on low heat.

2. Add Creole and Dijon mustard, fresh lime juice, liquid honey and mix everything well.

3. Heat the frying pan and warm up the mustard seeds and coriander seeds - add them to the sauce.

4. As soon as the cream with all the additives begins to thicken, add finely chopped parsley, stir and remove the saucepan from the stove.

5. Pour hot fish, cooked in any way, with aromatic sauce and serve. Bon appetit!

How to make your own creamy pizza sauce?

Preparing a classic creamy sauce is quite simple, and it takes no more than 20 minutes to prepare, and the finished additive is perfect for coating pizza bases, seasoning pasta and boiled rice, and also goes well with sea fish and chicken.

Cooking time - 20 minutes.

Cooking time - 15 minutes.

Portions – 200 ml.

Ingredients:

• Cream – 200 ml.
• Butter – 1 tbsp.
• Flour – 1 tbsp.
• Salt - to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.

Cooking process:

1. Pour the required amount of wheat flour into a dry frying pan and place on moderate heat.

2. Fry with constant stirring until golden brown.

3. Add a tablespoon of butter to the fried flour (temperature is not important).

4. Mix the resulting mass thoroughly and heat it up.

5. Next, pour cream into the pan (the fat content can be any, however, the higher the percentage, the tastier the finished sauce will be).

6. Mix the hot mass thoroughly until it has a homogeneous consistency without a single lump.

7. Season the sauce ingredients with salt and ground black pepper to your taste.

8. Bring the mixture to a boil, remove from the stove and allow a little time to cool completely at room temperature. If desired, you can add chopped herbs and garlic to the sauce. Bon appetit!

Step-by-step recipe for homemade garlic cream sauce

A simple and quick way to diversify your usual diet: serve familiar dishes, but complement them with a fragrant and rich sauce that will not overwhelm the taste of the main dish, but rather complement and highlight it.

Cooking time - 20 minutes.

Cooking time - 5 minutes.

Portions – 2-3.

Ingredients:

• Sour cream – 2 tbsp.
• Mayonnaise – 2 tbsp.
• Garlic – 2 teeth.
• Dill – 2-3 sprigs.
• Ground black pepper – ½ tsp.
• Salt - to taste.

Cooking process:

1. Rinse the dill under running water, give it a little time to dry and separate the stems from the branches.

2. Finely chop the greens.

3. Pour the chopped dill into a deep bowl and combine with garlic cloves passed through a garlic press.

4. Then add sour cream and mayonnaise.

5. Salt and ground black pepper.

6.Mix the sour cream and garlic mixture thoroughly, cover with cling film and put in the refrigerator for 10-15 minutes.

7. After the time has passed, remove the creamy sauce from the cold and serve. Bon appetit!

Delicious creamy shrimp sauce

Shrimp and any other seafood are good on their own, even if you just salt them a little, however, if you add creamy sauce to the shellfish, the dish will sparkle in a completely new way and acquire new taste characteristics.

Cooking time – 35 min.

Cooking time - 20 minutes.

Portions – 2.

Ingredients:

• King prawns – 800 gr.
• Cream 20-25% - 350 gr.
• Butter – 60 gr.
• Dill – 1 bunch.
• Salt - to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Ground white pepper - to taste.
• Ground allspice - to taste.

Cooking process:

1. Prepare the shrimp. Place the package of frozen seafood in a deep container, fill it with cool water and wait 10-15 minutes for it to defrost.

2. Next, rinse the shellfish under running water and place in a colander, allowing excess liquid to drain. We clean the clean shrimp from the shell, intestinal vein, head and tail.

3. Let's start frying. Season the seafood with salt and various ground peppers, mix well and leave to soak for 10 minutes.

4. Fry the marinated shrimp in a hot frying pan in butter for 1-2 minutes, stirring constantly.

5. Add heavy cream to the ruddy shrimp, stir thoroughly and simmer over low heat for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally so that the shellfish do not burn.

6. Transfer the cooked and hot shrimp to a dish, generously pour cream sauce over them and sprinkle with chopped dill. Bon appetit!