Creamy sauce, so tender, viscous, slightly sweet. He envelops and melts in his mouth. With it, you can improve the taste of almost any dish. He will help out when there is no time, and the guests are already on their way. Or after a long working day, because it is prepared very quickly and fits almost any side dish or main course. Therefore, it will be useful to learn how to prepare a creamy sauce.

Classic creamy sauce

This cooking recipe is very simple, even a novice cook will cope with it.

Ingredients:

  • wheat flour - 30 g;
  • butter - 30 g;
  • cream - 200 ml;
  • salt, pepper - to taste.

Technology:

  1. Sift the flour and fry in a skillet until golden brown.
  2. Put out the oil, mix well.
  3. Slowly pour in the cream, vigorously whipping them with a whisk to prevent the formation of lumps. This mixture is swept a couple of minutes.
  4. Pour salt and pepper, mix again.

It would seem that it might be easier than making a creamy sauce, but even in such a case some difficulties may arise. You should know that cream must be chilled, this prevents the formation of lumps. You can not replace the ingredients: the taste can significantly deteriorate if instead of natural oil take margarine. You can use milk instead of cream, but then you get milk sauce, its taste will be slightly different.

With garlic

Spicy-sharp garlic will complement the creamy taste and help him sparkle with new colors. This option is great for oven-baked chicken.

 

To prepare, first make the sauce, as described above. Then grate the garlic, add it to the pan, close the lid and wait a few minutes until the vegetable gives its wonderful aroma.

Advice from knowledgeable housewives.You can cook garlic oil in advance: mix the slightly melted butter with mashed garlic and chopped herbs, roll into a roll using a cling film and freeze. When the time comes to cook something, just cut off a piece of the right size.

White Wine Gravy

What should be a delicious creamy fish sauce? Of course with white wine!

Ingredients:

  • butter - 50 g;
  • flour - 30 g;
  • dry white wine - 100 ml;
  • fresh parsley - 1 bunch;
  • salt, pepper - to taste.

Technology:

  1. Put butter in a preheated pan, melt.
  2. Pour pre-sifted flour, mix.
  3. Pour the wine in a thin stream, stirring occasionally. Keep on low heat and continue to stir until the wine has completely evaporated.
  4. Add salt, pepper and parsley. Mix well again.

Cream cheese sauce

The sauce is thick thanks to the cheese, so you can not add flour. It goes well with meat, fish, with all kinds of pasta, it can be used in the preparation of sandwiches and hamburgers. Serve the sauce with french fries or steamed vegetables.

 

Ingredients:

  • cheese - 150 g;
  • cream - 200 ml;
  • garlic - 3 cloves;
  • nutmeg - ¼ tsp;
  • salt, pepper - to taste.

Technology:

  1. Preheat cream in a non-stick saucepan.
  2. Pour finely grated cheese, mix until the cheese is completely dissolved.
  3. Add grated garlic and spices, cook over low heat for about 5 minutes.

Gentle Pizza Recipe

Creamy sauce is great for home-made pizza. You can replace them with tomato paste and put it directly on the dough, or pour the ingredients on top.

Since pizza for the most part consists of flour, adding this ingredient to the sauce will be superfluous, so we will prepare a semblance of mayonnaise.

Ingredients:

  • cream - 70 ml;
  • sunflower oil - 150 ml;
  • Italian herbs - 1 tsp;
  • salt, sugar, mustard - to taste.

You will need a blender for cooking.

Technology:

  1. Pour cream into a blender bowl, whisk at medium speed, gradually pouring oil until a thick consistency.
  2. Pour herbs, salt, sugar, put mustard and mix everything.

Creamy fish sauce can be prepared according to the same recipe. The taste of fish will be felt more distinctly.

With porcini mushrooms

The porcini mushroom is rightly called royal, because its delicate aroma and piquant taste will improve any dish.

 

Ingredients:

  • porcini mushrooms (frozen) - 200 g;
  • cream - 200 ml;
  • onion head - 1 pc.;
  • flour - 30 g;
  • butter - 10 g;
  • salt pepper.

Technology:

  1. Cook mushrooms according to the instructions on the package.
  2. Cut boiled mushrooms into small pieces, fry in butter in a pan.
  3. Add finely chopped onions, sift flour into a pan and fry for about 3 minutes.
  4. Pour in a thin stream of cream, do not forget to stir, add salt and pepper.

If desired, you can use fresh mushrooms or dried, previously soaked in cold water.

Spaghetti carbonara sauce

Spaghetti carbonara is perhaps one of the most popular Italian dishes. It is suitable for both a family dinner and a first date.

Ingredients for 4 servings:

  • ham or bacon - 200 g;
  • egg yolk - 4 pcs.;
  • garlic - 2 cloves;
  • any vegetable oil - 1 tbsp. l .;
  • cream - 200 ml;
  • Parmesan - 70 g;
  • salt, pepper - to taste.

Technology:

  1. Cut the ham into strips and fry in oil in a pan. If you use bacon or fat ham, you can fry without oil, the right amount of fat will be leaked from the meat product.
  2. Beat the yolks with cream, salt, pepper. Add finely grated cheese, mix.
  3. Add the liquid components and garlic passed through the press to the pan, mix and warm for several minutes.

The main secret: spaghetti should be mixed with the sauce so that it soaks every pasta well. If you pour the sauce on pasta before serving, then the dish will not turn out so tender, and the pasta will remain dry.

Cream sauce is a very tasty product, but fatty and nutritious, and if you add it to pasta, rice and or fried meat, the calorie content of the dish will be very high. Therefore, for those who monitor their weight, a little tip: use a sauce with low-calorie foods. For example, you can cook an excellent squash lasagna, or pour boiled cauliflower on it. Even the simplest dish, complemented by delicious creamy sauces, can be a culinary masterpiece.

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