During the Thanksgiving rush, the night before can sometimes be your only friend.
Wednesday night, I made this cranberry sauce in a matter of minutes. It was quick and it was easy, but it still meant one less burner, one less pot, and one less thing on my mind come Thursday. A full day in the refrigerator also gives the sauce and its flavors time to come together. It’s the perfect complement …
This yogurt and cucumber sauce is a staple of Mediterranean cuisine. It can be served with pita bread, as an appetizer, or accompany falafel or meat, as part of hearty meal. To reduce the water content, tzatziki sauce is traditionally made with strained yogurt. Fortunately, most grocery stores now sell Greek-style yogurt, which is already strained, meaning you can prepare homemade tzatziki sauce…
To make a croque monsieur – or in this case – a croque norvegien, you need to make a mornay sauce. And to make a mornay sauce, you need to trace through two of the most basic sauces: the roux and the béchamel.
Together with hollandaise, velouté, tomato sauce, and espagnole, béchamel is considered one of the five “mother sauces,” – so named, because these five sauces form…