8 recipes
sauce
Recipes that match this ingredient, flavour, or style, grouped into a stronger archive page.
Sauces that finish the meal properly
A good sauce does more than sit on the side. It ties the plate together, gives contrast to potatoes and vegetables, and turns a simple dinner into something more complete.
These are sauces written with practical detail rather than restaurant ceremony, so they stay useful on ordinary cooking nights.
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Duck Confit
Duck legs from the previous duck dinner cook slowly in duck fat and land with a glossy cherry sauce made from red wine and duck stock. It is leftovers with a restaurant feel, with very little active work.
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Duck Breast with Cherry Sauce
A classic plate where the sweet cherry sauce fits rich duck breast beautifully. The whole duck is used well with stock from the carcass, duck fat for the potatoes, and legs saved for later confit.
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Kangaroo Fillet with Pommes Anna, Wild Mushrooms, and Blackberry Sauce
Kangaroo fillet does not forgive overcooking, so this version goes for a hard sear, a pink center, and a dark sauce built on blackberries, raspberry balsamic, juniper, and game stock.
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Beef Wellington
A proper celebration dish: tender beef fillet wrapped in crisp puff pastry with duxelles, serrano ham, and Hasselback potatoes on the side.
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Ragù bolognese
A classic meat ragù built from soffritto, red wine, and passata — slow and cozy, but easy to make from scratch.
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Norwegian Meatballs with Creamed Cabbage and Pea Puree
Homemade meatballs in brown gravy with classic creamed cabbage and a quick pea puree. A proper Norwegian weeknight dinner with Sunday-level comfort.
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Steak with Fondant Potatoes and Pickled Shallots
Steak with fondant potatoes, pepper sauce, and pickled shallots.
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Lamb Shank
With root mash, roasted roots, and a from-scratch red wine sauce.