Recipes for Sauces

Hungry? All the proper cooks on strike? Got a piece of chicken? Groan at the thought of gravy? Can't be bothered to be involved or clever? Don't actually KNOW how to be involved and clever? Still hungry though? Is your name Jill? Well, even if it isn't (mine is though) you just go ahead and grill your chicken, or roast it in the oven, or fry it, or do whatever it is you usually do with it. Before you do that though, have a little read right to the bottom of this opinion, and your grilled/roasted/fried piece of fowl won't seem so boring after all. Um... well, hopefully it won't anyway, and at ... more

None of you will know of my culinary skills that rival those of Jamie Oliver and Gary Rhodes, for the simple reason that they do not exist! However, I am not a complete novice in the kitchen and can manage quite well if ever alone and always cook together with my other half at all times. My wife enjoys collecting kitchen gadgets and cooking aides and has said that I was the best acquisition that she has made in that area! Enough frivolity. There are one or two things that have gradually evolved over our years together to be my preserve.Allow me to tell you of one of them. It is my ... more

Tomato Sauces are low in fat and are very useful in so many ways. You can use the sauce for fish, chicken, pasta and a host of other foods. This is not my own recipe but it is really lovely so perhaps you will try and make it just once. Red Tomato and Red Pepper Sauce 1 pint of vegetable stock 1 large onion 2 cloves of garlic 1 teaspoon of paprika pepper 3lb 5 oz of roughly chopped tomatoes 6 peppers deseeded and roughly chopped Salt and pepper Place all your ingredients into a pan together. Make sure it is a heavy bottomed pan. Cover and bring to the boil. Let it simmer for at least five ... more

Personally I believe this sauce to be the best pasta sauce known to man nor beast. It's full of flavour and yummy goodness. *ALL MEASUREMENTS ARE GROSSLY APPROXIMATED* You will need 6-10 Largish tomatoes. 1 bulb of garlic...OR MORE. Chilli pepper salt, sugar Olive oil A hard cheese...Parmesan? Fresh Basil - maybe 3 fist fulls. 1 Courgette Preparation *Dice the garlic. *Cut the tomatoes into chunks of 3cubic cm (ish) *Chop the basil roughly. *Julienne - cut or grate the courgette. *Grate the cheese, I tend to use a full triangle of the cheese (about 170 - 200g) However, if you'd like more or ... more

Ok summer round the corner, Bareques on the go, you could do worse than make some of my delicious sauces, they are all tasty, but depend on your ultimate taste..enjoy... Dalesmans Barbeque Sauce 1 Bottle HP tomato sauce 1 can plum Tomatoes and a good squeeze of Tomato Puree 1 large Onion (quite finely chopped) 1/4 cup Cider vinegar 1 Clove garlic; finely minced 1/3 cup Worcestershire sauce 2 tea spoons Chili powder 2 tea spoons Salt 1/2 tea spoons Pepper 1/2 tea spoons Crushed dried red pepper Combine 1 cup hot water and all ingredients above in pan. Stir to blend together. Cover the pan with ... more