Sauces

sauce green onion and ginger dipThis dip is the perfect accompaniment to the Spicy Indonesian chicken kebabs. Like all the other dips featured here, it is very low in Sins and goes down well at parties.

traditional mexican salsaA salsa makes a wonderful dip for vegetable crudites, grilled chicken or party kebabs. It also doubles up as a quick and easily made sauce for grilled meat and fish. This version is particularly colourful as diced peaches and cooked beans are added to the traditional Mexican ingredients.

Basic white coating sauceIngredients:
* 25g (1 oz) Stork margarine
* 25g (1 oz) plain flour
* Salt and pepper
* 275ml (1/2 pint) milk (or milk and water, vegetable, fish or bone stock)

Ricotta--ham-sauceIngredients:
* 30 g (1 oz / 6 teaspoons) butter
* 2 leeks, finely sliced
* 1 clove garlic, crushed
* 125g (4 oz) ham
* 250 g (8 oz/2 cups) Ricotta cheese
* 155 ml (5 fl oz / 2/3 cup) thick sour cream
* milk
* pepper

brown-sauce_cIngredients:
* 25g (1 oz) Stork margarine
* 25g (1 oz) plain flour, sieved
* 1 small carrot, peeled and sliced
* 1 small onion, peeled and sliced
* 425ml (3/4 pint) stock
* Salt and pepper

Bechamel-sauceIngredients:
* 315 ml (10 fl oz / 1 1/4 cups) milk
* 1/2 bay leaf
* 60 g (2 oz/6 teaspoons) butter
* 60 g (2 oz / 1/2 cup) plain flour
* salt and pepper

Bread-Sauce_cIngredients:
* 1 onion, peeled
* 2 cloves
* 3oz (75g) white breadcrumbs
* salt
* freshly ground black pepper
* 1 pint (600ml) milk
* a knob of butter

Prawn-sauce-for-fishIngredients:
25 g/1 oz butter
25 g/1 oz plain flour
1/4 litre/ 1/2 pint fish stock
75 g/3 oz Dutch prawns
2-3 tablespoons double cream
salt and freshly ground pepper

bechamel-sauceIngredients:
600 ml (1 pint) milk
1 small carrot, sliced
1 onion, quartered and stuck with 4 cloves
6 peppercorns
1 bay leaf
50 g (2 oz) butter
50 g (2 oz) flour
salt and pepper

Cranberry chutneyIngredients
1 Packet (12 ounces) fresh cranberries
1/2 Cup balsamic vinegar
1/2 Cup sugar
1 Teaspoon nutmeg powder
1 Teaspoon cinnamon powder
1 Teaspoon pepper
1 Teaspoon cumin powder

Cranberry-Sauce_cIngredients:
* 1 cup (200 g) sugar
* 1 cup (250 mL) water
* 4 cups (1 12-oz package) fresh or frozen cranberries
* Pecans, orange zest, raisins, currants, blueberries, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice (optional)

Forcemeat-stuffing_cIngredients:
* 50g (2 oz) Stork margarine
* 125g (4 oz) white or brown breadcrumbs
* 1 x 2.5ml spoon (1/2 teaspoon) mixed herbs or thyme
* 1 x 5ml spoon (1 teaspoon) chopped parsley
* Finely grated rind of 1 lemon
* Salt and pepper
* 1 egg and a little milk, beaten together