Sauces: Classical and Contemporary Sauce Making by James Peterson

  • Dried chile cream sauce (page 83)

    from Sauces: Classical and Contemporary Sauce Making Sauces by James Peterson

    • Categories: Sauces, general; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: dried chillies; heavy cream
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  • rmardel on January 11, 2026

    Red Wine Mustard, page 40

  • nomadchowwoman on January 09, 2010

    Big, unwieldy book, yes, but very thjorough, w/useful photos. A great reference book.

Notes about Recipes in this book

  • Sautéed salmon fillet with sorrel cream sauce

    • rmardel on January 14, 2026

      This is a. simplification of the technique used by Jean and Pierre Troisgros. Peterson uses heavy cream instead of creme fraiche, which softens the tartness of the sorrel somewhat. But this is the base for my regular "everyday" salmon with sorrel sauce, which, I am lucky to make regularly since I have a thriving sorrel bed. I only use the Troisgros technique when I want to be fancy.

  • Caper and cornichon relish

    • ethedens on February 04, 2025

      Pretty good! Would make again. 3.5/5

  • Genoese pesto

    • JKDLady on August 10, 2015

      This was a disaster for me. I tried to use a blender, but it would not purée. Perhaps I should have put the ingredients in the blender in a different order. Any way about it, however, there was way too much for my blender. This is a huge amount of basil. I ended up moving everything to the food processor. I can't imagine the mortal and pestle large enough for this recipe. The taste was fine, but there was too much salt for our palettes.

  • Fettuccine and shrimp with crustacean cream sauce (Fettuccine alla crema di scampi)

    • emiliang on January 22, 2013

      The cream sauce is the real standout here, and I think it's become my favorite go-to sauce for shrimp and pasta dishes. I didn't have time to prepare the "crustacean butter" required by the recipe. Instead I made a quick stock using the shrimp shells and mixed in some butter. Also, I replaced dried thyme for fresh and oregano for marjoram. Still an outstanding sauce!

  • Ponzu sauce

    • ripleypickles on June 05, 2021

      Spot-on recipe. I didn't have bonito flakes so I used a couple of dashes of fish sauce. Worked perfectly.

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  • ISBN 10 0471289043
  • ISBN 13 9780471289043
  • Published Apr 01 1991
  • Format Hardcover
  • Page Count 504
  • Language English
  • Countries United States
  • Publisher John Wiley & Sons


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