bourbon sauce
Boozy dessert topping
Bourbon sauce is a sweet, rich sauce made with bourbon whiskey, typically combined with butter, brown sugar, and cream.
It's a staple of Southern American cuisine, most often drizzled over bread pudding: The bread pudding came with warm bourbon sauce.
Variations appear on desserts, ham, or grilled meats.
- whiskeyOak-aged grain spirit
- caramelCooked sugar confection
- glazeThin lustrous coating
- drizzleVery light precipitation
- bread puddingBaked custard with stale slices
brown sugar · vanilla · dessert · ice cream topping · reduction · sweet · rich · creamy · butter · brown butter · heavy cream · decadent · New Orleans · French Quarter · Mardi Gras · Southern · sticky · warm
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- custard saucesvanilla custard, pastry cream, warm custard
bourbon saucevinaigrette
Oil-and-sour sauce
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bourbon saucegravy
Thickened meat drippings
pan gravy · brown gravy · demi-glace · béchamel · velouté
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