cream sauce

Rich white topping

Cream sauce is a rich, smooth sauce made with cream or milk thickened with butter and flour, used as a base or topping in cooking.

Classic versions include béchamel and Alfredo sauce.

It typically coats pasta, vegetables, or proteins, adding richness and binding ingredients together.

The chicken was smothered in a garlic cream sauce.

Related

garlic · parmesan · silky · rich · drizzle · pasta · ladle · simmering · smooth · indulgent · comfort food · Sunday dinner · fine dining · from scratch · hollandaise · mushroom · chicken breast · decadent

Categories
Opposites
sauce base/primary ingredient

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Cooked, seasoned puréed fruit

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richness/heaviness

cream saucebroth

Clear simmered meat liquid

consommé · jus · reduction

color/appearance

cream saucered sauce

Tomato-based pasta topping

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Family

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Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G