Learn how to add flavour to your favourite food by preparing delicious sauces and dips with our recipes.
Any meat that is marinated before cooking definitely tastes better. Such meats have a distinct flavour, they are aromatic and juicy. I know that it is not always possible to marinate meat, especially when you need to prepare a dinner or barbecue without a previous notice. However, if you know in advance that you will…
Dill sauce is the perfect addition to many dishes. It goes well with meatballs, fish, roasted meat, pasta and mashed potatoes. To prepare the sauce, you will need cream, vegetable broth, a few spices and, of course, dill. You can go either for fresh or frozen dill, especially when the season of dill is over,…
Bread sauce is a great addition to meat dishes. It works best when served with roasted poultry. That can be a whole roasted chicken, turkey, roasted drumsticks or thighs. The preparation of bread sauce takes only a few minutes. You need to put all the ingredients in a pot and boil them, so that the…
French salad dressing is undoubtedly one of the tastiest and salads, which is really worth preparing. The basis of French vinaigrette is olive oil, mustard, vinegar and shallots. The shallot onions have a delicate and somewhat sweet flavour with a spicy note. This onion is perfect for both cold and cooked sauces. The preparation of…
This is another pesto recipe that I am sharing with you on this blog. So far, I have included a recipe for wild garlic pesto and carrot greens pesto. This time, I have a pesto recipe for you made from leftovers, which in this case are radish leaves. For a very long time, the radish…
I make this salad dressing quite often. I like using it to flavour simple salads made from lettuce, tomato and cucumber. To prepare this honey and mustard dressing, you need good-quality natural honey, mustard, a little lemon juice and oil. I also add apple cider vinegar because it gives the dressing a nice flavour. All…
Quite recently, I discovered that pesto can be made from almost any type of greens. To prepare pesto, you do not need to buy any expensive ingredients as you can use so-called “leftovers”. Instead of throwing away radish leaves or carrot greens, use them in pesto. To make pesto, you need to wash your greens,…
For many people, preparing mayonnaise at home might be a frightening idea but there is nothing to worry about because there is probably no easier dish to make in the kitchen than mayonnaise. You can make mayonnaise either from whole eggs or only from yolks. The recipe below is for the second. Mayonnaise made only…
Salsa verde is a type of green, cold sauce prepared from fresh herbs. Depending on the country, this sauce can be prepared in several ways. In Italy and France, parsley, capers, anchovies, vinegar and olive oil are used to prepare it. The sauce is seasoned with lemon juice, garlic and salt. The Mexican version of…
Béchamel is a white sauce based on flour, milk and butter. The first step is roux prepared from flour and butter, which are fried until the flour is cooked. If after tasting the roux, there is still a noticeable taste of flour in it, it means that the flour is not cooked and the roux…
Romesco is a Spanish sauce originating from the region of Catalonia. The base of the sauce is made from tomatoes, peppers and almonds. The sauce is seasoned with olive oil, vinegar and garlic. Romesco sauce is a type of cold sauce, which means that the ingredients are not cooked together, only mixed once they are…
Tartar sauce is a combination of mayonnaise and vegetables marinated in vinegar. Depending on which version of the sauce you are having, you will find gherkins, capers, parsley or chives in it. I have always prepared this sauce only with pickled mushrooms and gherkins. The recipe below is for that version of the sauce. Find…