How to make a sauce?

Every day every housewife prepares food for dinner ordinner for your family. Sometimes, it would seem, all the dishes are tried and the question arises: "What is the surprise home?". The answer is simple - to prepare a sauce that will help make the meal more festive and unusual. How to make a sauce - you learn from our article.

Principles of cooking home sauce

Basis for the sauce are dairy and sour-milk products, broths, oils.
The composition of some sauces includes flour. Before you bring the flour into the sauce, you need to fry it in a frying pan. Fried flour will give sauce a more attractive taste.
Flour can be fried in several ways. If the roasting goes to a strong state, the flour will turn brown and the smell of nuts. When the fry is weak, oil is usually added, the color of the flour does not change. Usually flour is used in dairy and sour cream sauces.
To give the sauce a certain taste, tomato paste, mushrooms, vegetables, berries, alcohol (wine, beer, cognac, liquor, etc.), vinegar (fruit or wine) are added during the preparation.
To add flavor to the sauce, various seasonings, fresh pepper, garlic (dried or fresh), herbs, herbs are added to the composition.
To ensure that the sauce has a pronounced flavor and aroma, a slice of lemon, sorrel, sour, etc., is added to it.
In addition to dried herbs, you can use decoctions.
Sauces can be served both in hot and incold. Before serving, table sauce is filled with meat or vegetables, the side dish is usually not sauce. For some dishes, the sauce is served separately in the sauté pan.

We choose the sauce to the dish

Meat. To the meat you can cook absolutely any sauce, excluding the fish component and seafood. Meat can be served tomato, cheese, mushroom, cream, berry or wine sauce;
A fish. To fish dishes, sauces that include citrus and cream are most suitable. The component for the sauce can be made on the basis of fish or chicken broth;
Seafood. Ideally combined with sauces, in which there is acidity. To add a sour taste to the sauce, add lemon or lime;
Vegetables. Salads are usually seasoned with sauces based on sour cream or mayonnaise.

Next, we will provide you with recipes for several interesting sauces that are easy to prepare.

Pesto

a bunch of fresh basil
50 gr. hard cheese
4 cloves of garlic
30 gr. pine nuts
120 ml. olive oil

Cooking method

Washed basil leaves cut into large pieces.
Grate the cheese on the grater.
Garlic let through the crush.
In the blender put the basil leaves, grated cheese, garlic, nuts, pour oil and chop the ingredients.
To taste add salt.
This sauce is great for spaghetti, rice, chicken or fish dishes. It can also be a filling for sandwiches.

Cheese sauce

200 ml. milk
200 ml. broth (vegetable or chicken)
1 tbsp. spoon of flour
150 gr. cheese (solid grades or melted)
30 gr. butter

Cooking method

Melt the butter in a frying pan.
Fry the flour on low heat for a minute.
Slightly preheat broth and milk.
Pour in the pan first milk, then broth, stirring constantly.
Mix well the liquid and bring to a boil over medium heat.
Cook the sauce base for 3 minutes before thickening the foods.
Cheese grate and add to the frying pan.
Cook for 2 minutes before dissolving the cheese. If necessary, add warm milk or broth to the sauce to bring it to the desired consistency.
Keep in mind that during the cooling of the sauce will thicken.
Salt to taste.
If desired, a pinch of ground nuts can be added to this sauce.
The sauce is suitable for pasta, meat dishes and casseroles.

Tomato and sour cream sauce

2 tbsp. tablespoons butter
2 tbsp. spoons of flour
2 tbsp. spoons of tomato paste
a glass of broth (meat or fish) or boiled water
a glass of sour cream
dried paprika
greenery

Cooking method

Lightly fry the flour in butter.
Gradually pour in water or broth, stirring constantly.
Add sour cream and mix again.
Add the tomato paste to the sauce and add salt to taste. Sauce mix well.
Cook over moderate heat for 5 minutes.
Add to the taste of the paprika and sprinkle with the sauce finely chopped greens.
This sauce is suitable for both meat and fish dishes.

Look for the recipes for making sauces in our next articles