The Mother Sauces of Cooking

These five recipes are essential starting points for mastering any complex sauce.

The Mother Sauces of Cooking These five recipes are essential starting points for mastering any complex sauce. From classic tomato sauce to béchamel and everything in between, learn how to make these "mother sauces" and you'll be able to whip up any sauce in no time. READ MORE More Essential Sauces Basic Beurre Blanc Sauce Simple Marinara Sauce Classic Au Jus Basic Pan Sauce Kitchen Essentials Master Every Sauce With These Saucepans READ MORE Roux Is Your Sauce Essential READ MORE More From The Spruce Get Inspired by These White Kitchens Host Dinner in Style With These Hand-Painted Napkins 25 Cute and Cuddly Cats You Need to Follow Online Smoothies Beef Recipes Snacks Pasta Latin American Food Knife Skills Did somebody forward you this email? Sign Up for Cooking School by The Spruce Eats Newsletter! You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to Cooking School by The Spruce Eats newsletter. Unsubscribe © 2018 Dotdash.com — All rights reserved. Privacy Policy. A DOTDASH BRAND 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10036