Bazhe (walnut sauce base)
A Georgian walnut sauce of ground walnuts, garlic, vinegar and spices, thinned with water or broth. It is served with poultry, vegetables and bread, and is the sauce of the dish satsivi.
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Salsa de ajo (Venezuelan garlic sauce)
Salsa de ajo is a creamy Venezuelan garlic sauce made from mayonnaise blended with fresh garlic, herbs, green onion and vinegar. It is served with empanadas, arepas and grilled meat.
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Tartare sauce
A mayonnaise sauce with chopped gherkins or capers, herbs and lemon, served with fried and grilled fish. It was named in nineteenth-century France alongside steak tartare.
Ocopa
Ocopa is a sauce from Arequipa, Peru, of huacatay, dried mirasol chillies, nuts, fresh cheese and soda crackers. It is usually spooned over boiled potatoes.
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Pontack elderberry sauce
An English elderberry condiment of vinegar, shallots and warm spices, historically called a catsup and tied to Pontac's Head tavern in London.
Wojapi
Wojapi is a cooked berry sauce of the Lakota and Dakota peoples of the Northern Plains, traditionally made from pounded chokecherries and today most often made with blueberries and a starch.
South Carolina mustard barbecue sauce
South Carolina mustard barbecue sauce is a yellow-to-golden sauce built on prepared mustard, balanced with vinegar, sweetness and spice, and associated with the Midlands of the state.
Carolina vinegar and light-tomato barbecue sauce
Light tomato barbecue sauce is a thin, sharp South Carolina sauce: a vinegar and pepper base with a small amount of ketchup, sitting between the clear vinegar sauce and the sweeter tomato sauces.
Daqqus (tomato-garlic sauce)
A tomato and garlic sauce from the Gulf, blended raw and then simmered to thicken, eaten with rice.
Mint sauce
Finely chopped fresh mint steeped in a sweet and sharp liquid of white wine vinegar, sugar and water, the sauce traditionally served with roast lamb in Britain.
Amlou
Amlou is a nutty, lightly sweet Moroccan spread of roasted almonds, culinary argan oil and honey. The almonds are ground first, then loosened with oil and sweetened; the balance can range from a thick spread to a dip.
Tomato ketchup
Tomato ketchup is a smooth, sweet-sour tomato sauce whose modern form grew from an older family of savoury ketchups; this version follows a tested home-canning recipe.
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Roasted sesame sauce for noodles or hot pot
An untested sesame-paste sauce with soy, black vinegar, sugar, sesame oil and garlic, drafted for hot-pot dipping or noodles.
Ajvar
Ajvar is a cooked Balkan pepper preserve built around roasted red peppers, peeled, drained, ground and slowly fried with oil and seasoning. Leskovac’s protected version is a pepper specialty; regional versions vary.
Smooth Heinz-style ketchup, UK-label-informed starting point
A smooth tomato ketchup formulated as a 500 g comparison batch using a UK Heinz product label as its target. This original home formula is untested and is not the company recipe or a preserving process.
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Hatay pomegranate sour (nar ekşisi)
The registered Hatay method presses pomegranate arils and slowly concentrates the strained juice. Its 100 kg source batch and experienced-producer endpoint are retained; no home-scale time or shelf-life is inferred.
Coconut chutney
A coconut chutney whose ground base is finished with a separate oil tempering of mustard, urad dal, curry leaves and spices; the author pairs it with South Indian breakfast foods and snacks.
Mitarashi sweet soy glaze
A glossy Japanese glaze thickened with starch, sugar, soy sauce and mirin. Spoon it over cooked rice dumplings while the glaze is still fluid.
Kuromitsu black sugar syrup
A dark Japanese syrup made by simmering black sugar with water and optional extra sugar. Drizzle it over mochi, ice cream or other desserts.
Goma dare sesame sauce
A creamy Japanese sesame dipping sauce with soy, rice vinegar and dashi. Gradual mixing turns the thick sesame paste into a smooth sauce.
Tonkatsu table sauce
A sweet, tangy Japanese sauce mixed from Worcestershire sauce, ketchup, oyster sauce and sugar. Serve with breaded cutlets or croquettes.