Sauces & Dips How-Tos
How To: Make fresh homemade mayonnaise
Homemade mayonnaise is one of those indescribable culinary pleasures. If you have a stick blender or regular blender, you CAN make your own mayo. So much cheaper, AND way more delicious, you must give this a try.
How To: Make a cartouche
Learn how to stop a skin forming on sauces, gravy or custard, no matter how long they wait in the pan with a cartouche.
How To: Make citronette dressing
Here's a video for a great recipe for a citronette dressing.
How To: Make remoulade sauce
Try making tartar sauce's smarter and better looking cousin...remoulade. Forget the store bought kind, make your own at home.
How To: Make a toasted roma tomato salsa
Make this delicious roma tomato salsa tonight. You'll need grill roasted tomatoes, roasted garlic and chipotle peppers.
How To: Make a pear vinaigrette dressing
This pear vinaigrette dressing is a nice alternative to the typical blue cheese and Italian dressing. Watch this how to video to learn how to make it.
How To: Make pimento cheese spread
This is a wonderful easy and refreshing recipe for pimento cheese spread. Use an electric meat grinder for the added texture it gives this dish.
How To: Make a tasty homemade applesauce
Apple sauce is on the menu today. Watch this how to video to learn how to make some tasty homemade apple sauce.
How To: Cook with balsamic vinegar
Learn how to make arugula and fennel salad, balsamic vinaigrette, and strawberries and ice cream with a balsamic vinegar reduction.
How To: Make vegetarian hummus and pita bread
Watch this video to learn how to make quick and easy vegetarian dishes like hummus, as well as delicious pita bread. Enjoy!
How To: Make sesame dressing
Watch this video to learn how to make sesame dressing. This video is great for vegetarians!
How To: Make bechamel sauce
Watch this video to learn how to make bechamel sauce. Enjoy!
How To: Make lemon caper butter sauce
Learn how to make lemon caper butter sauce which is excellent on fish and other dishes.
How To: Make habanero salsa
Learn how to make spicy habanero salsa from this video. Mmmmmmmm.
How To: Make teriIyakI sauce over chicken and rice
Make teriyaki sauce with chicken and rice. It's better than the five minute stuff you can buy in a package.
How To: Make Italian salsa verde
Italian salsa verde is a parsley-based sauce flavored with salty seasonings like anchovies and capers. You can enjoy this easy salsa verde over pasta, meat, or fish. You will need anchovy filets, capers, canned tuna, olive oil, parsley, lemon, pepper and a galic clove. This sauce is like a parsley-based pesto and can be served with meat, fish, or pasta. You can store extra salsa verde in the freezer.
How To: Whip up a raw creamy curry dressing
This dressing is so easy to make, just throw all the ingredients into a food processor and you're done! Try this creamy curry dressing on chicken or your favorite salad, it is eco friendly too.
How To: Make Kansas City BBQ sauce
Watch this video and learn an easy recipe for homemade Kansas City barbecue sauce.
How To: Prepare an easy taco dip
Award winning TV Chef Oonagh Williams from Royal Temptations demonstrates her easy taco dip recipe.
How To: Make maple syrup from harvesting to heating
Dave takes you on a tour of the sugaring facilities at a wildlife sanctuary to show you how maple syrup is made. They explain how trees should be tapped, and the heating process necessary to convert sap into syrup.
How To: Make bearnaise sauce
This classic bearnaise sauce is easy to make in a KitchenAid blender instead of a double boiler.
How To: Make your own butter
Think of this as a science project that illustrates how a liquid can transform into a fatty solid. A delicious science project that requires a lot of elbow grease.
How To: Make smooth-not-chunky guacamole
Everyone has their own way of making this popular dish and this is Zarela's smooth, not chunky guacamole. Learn basic Mexican cooking techniques from the true goddess of Mexican food- Zarela Martinez.
How To: Make dijon mustard pan sauce
Watch this video to learn how to make dijon mustard pan sauce from pork tenderloin drippings.
How To: Make a pastry cream
Watch this video to learn how to make a rich, silky vanilla pastry cream that can be used to fill cream puffs, éclairs, cakes, and more.
How To: Make creme anglaise
Learn how to make this rich vanilla custard sauce, which pairs well with numerous desserts. Creme anglaise is served both hot and cold. It is also the base for most ice creams.
How To: Make Beurre Blanc sauce
Learn how to make this classic French white wine, shallots and butter sauce. This pairs well with fish. Reduce ingredients to a syrup. Add white pepper, salt and heavy cream to create this culinary staple.
How To: Make béarnaise sauce
Very versatile and quick to make, this recipe for bearnaise sauce goes well with all varieties of grilled meats. Make béarnaise sauce.
How To: Make a seven layer dip
When you serve this Tex-Mex 7 layer dip at a party, you're pretty much guaranteed there'll be no leftovers.
How To: Make yummy gravy for your turkey!
Learn from Chef Tom how to cook a splendid gravy sauce to pour over your holiday bird!
How To: Make vegetarian gravy
This gravy is perfect to dress up everyone's plate. Watch the video and get the recipe and step by step instructions on how to prepare.
How To: Make tamarind chutney
Tamarind Chutney is an Indian sauce with just the perfect blend of sweet and sour flavors. It is widely used in chaats and as a condiment for various appetizers such a samosas and pakoras. Try this simple recipe.
How To: Make tamarind juice
Tamarind paste is a big part of Indian cooking and in this video Chef Sanjay shows you how to make tamarind juice.
How To: Make coconut chutney
Many of us probably associate coconut mostly with dessert or dinner, but rarely breakfast. In this video you will learn how to make coconut chutney from raw coconut which is a must have for Indian breakfast food like dosai and a healthy easy way to start your day.
How To: Make giblet gravy
Heidi Dehncke-Fisher shows how to make the perfect gravy. You will need browning and seasoning sauce which brings out the poultry's flavor, salt, pepper, cold water, giblet stock (made from boiling the giblets found inside the bird), the bird itself, fine white flour, celery and onion.
How To: Make homemade ranch dressing
If you love topping your salads with ranch dressing, then try making it at home! This make-ahead seasoning mixture allows you to stir some together in a snap. You will need saltine crackers, garlic salt, onion powder, dry minced parsley flakes, minced dry onion, dry dill weed, garlic powder, mayonnaise and buttermilk. Make a dry ranch by blending the crackers in a blender until it is powdered. Add parsley, minced onion and dill weed. Blend again. Pour mixture into a bowl. Stir in garlic salt,...
How To: Make homemade ranch dressing using mayo
This video demonstrates how to make homemade ranch dressing. You can also make this low fat using low fat mayo and skim milk. Nothing is as good as homemade. Make homemade ranch dressing using mayo.
How To: Make hari chatni (green chutney)
For a fresh and flavorful chutney from India, try hari chatni! Just puree tomato, green chili, mint leaves, and coriander leaves for a healthy sauce you can pour over almost anything.
How To: Make harissa
Chef Christopher Gross demonstrates how to make harissa. This is a Middle Eastern spicy red pepper puree that flavors a fareki and couscous. Make harissa.
How To: Make Mexican pico de gallo salsa
If you enjoy chips, but dislike store-bought salsa, this video is for you. While the time is obviously sped up, this is a simple Mexican salsa dish that can be made fresh with little effort.