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The recipes we actually cook.

Method WTF +2

Pasta sauces

Brought in from a base you made ahead, built fresh before the pasta goes in, or finished with cream: a meat sauce, a marinara, fresh tomatoes and garlic.

Read1m
Method burgers +1

Sauces and condiments

Burger sauce is sweet, sour, and sharp in some ratio: ketchup and mustard kept apart, or blended with mayo and pickle into one spread. Plus the condiments every build draws on, from ketchup to double-sour pickles.

Read3m
USA sauces +4

In-N-Out burger spread

Sometimes I’m craving a diner-style griddle burger with a classic hamburger sauce. This is a fairly close match to a popular burger chain that hasn’t made it to our region yet.

Prep10m
Thai sauces +4

Peanut sauce

A good peanut sauce is perfect with salad rolls and satay.

Prep5m
Servesmakes ~250 ml
Italian sauces

Classic pizza sauce

There are a few ways to make pizza sauce, depending on how lazy you are. One of our favourites is cooked down from good tomatoes for a moderate amount of time; my fastest comes from a tin of crushed tomatoes or sauce, thickened with paste. …

Cook20–30m
world sauces +2

Fruit compote

This is a generic fruit compote, which I typically make with frozen or canned fruit.

Prep5m
Cook15m
Serves4–6
Italian sauces

Marinara sauce

A basic marinara sauce can be used directly or as a base to other sauces. This recipe is based on Chef John’s and others I have seen. It’s thicker and richer than a pizza sauce, and can be adapted as a base for savoury sauces (meat or …

Italian American sauces

Meat sauce (AKA American bolognese)

I make this meat sauce a few times a month, from the pantry and my regular freezer prep. It’s based on fairly standard meat sauce recipes, primarily on one I made at a pizza restaurant.

Cook20–45m
Canadian sauces

Panago-style jalapeño cheese dip

There’s this Canadian franchise that makes a very classic style of pizza: thick crust, tonnes of sauce and toppings, everything that isn’t a New York-style pizza. They make a jalapeño dip that I miss when we order from somewhere else. This …

Mexican sauces +1

Salsa verde

A classic fresh tomatillo salsa. It’s fresh, tart, and great on chips or tacos.