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French Sauces

Learning how to make French sauces well is like having a crown jewel in your culinary skills collection. Saucy toppings, coulis, and jus recipes will transform your dishes into something extra special.

These delicious easy recipes can transform your simple everyday food into a dish to be proud of. You can turn eggs, fish, meats, vegetables and even your leftovers into the tastiest dishes just by adding an interesting sauce!

Once you have mastered the four basic sauces - Béchamel, Brown (Brune), Hollandaise and Mayonnaise you will have endless variations whenever you need a special topping!

  • White creamer filled with a bright yellow sauce, sprinkled with black bits.
    How To Make Hollandaise Sauce Recipe
  • A finished velouté ready to be added to many recipes.
    Classic Velouté Sauce Recipe: The Silkiest French Mother Sauce
  • A basic white sauce used for making many other sauces as well as an accompaniment on its own.
    The Best Béchamel Sauce
  • Cheeseburger enhanced with homemade au jus.
    How To Make Jus For Juicy Burgers
  • A delicious bowl of easy French basic, fresh tomato sauce made with vegetables and bouquet garni, served on pasta.
    Basic Tomato Sauce Recipe
  • Luscious and rich creme fraiche on top of strawberry mousse and fresh strawberries.
    Homemade Crème Fraîche Recipe
  • A white bowl with pour spouts on each side full of dark brown sauce.
    Brown Sauce
  • Cream colored gravy boat being poured onto beef with a red wine jus sauce.
    Red Wine Jus Recipe
  • A clear glass jar on a pink background full of smooth, creamy, white mayonnaise.
    Easy Immersion Blender Mayonnaise Recipe
  • Two clear glass bowls filled with red thick juice, decorated with a raspberry and mint leaf and surrounded with strawberries, raspberries, and round red berries.
    How To Make Fruit Coulis
  • Thick light yellow sauce in an orange dish with chunks of cheese on the side.
    The Best Homemade Cheese Sauce Recipe
  • White bowl with cream colored sauce sprinkled with green leaves, a spoon sitting in bowl and a thick piece of beef with sauce on it set behind on a white plate with multi-colored vegetables all on a wood table.
    Béarnaise Sauce To Make A Meal Special
  • A white bowl filled with red pureed tomatoes with 5 small red tomatoes on a stem with basil all on a wood background.
    This Is How To Make Tomato Puree
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🥔French Potato Recipes

  • Stack of white mashed potatoes with two slices of light brown liver pate in-between and on top with garnishes of brown star shaped croutons, green parsley, and red berries.
    Foie Gras Potato Stacks A Divine Delicacy
  • A white soup bowl filled with chunky, creamy potato soup with 2 slabs of orange cheese on top on a red gingham tablecloth.
    Cheesy Potato Soup Recipe
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    Pommes Anna
  • Oven proof dish filled with sliced potatoes and onions topped with green parsley leaves.
    Ultimate Potatoes Lyonnaise
  • Stack of white mashed potatoes with two slices of light brown liver pate in-between and on top with garnishes of brown star shaped croutons, green parsley, and red berries.
    Foie Gras Potato Stacks A Divine Delicacy
  • A white soup bowl filled with chunky, creamy potato soup with 2 slabs of orange cheese on top on a red gingham tablecloth.
    Cheesy Potato Soup Recipe
  • A bowl of white mashed potatoes surrounded by beige potatoes on a brown plaid tea towel.
    Pommes Aligot Mashed Potatoes With Cheese Recipe
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    French Potato Salad Recipe With Tarragon Vinaigrette Dressing

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