Dessert Sauces

General Tips:

• Quality ingredients matter: Use good quality butter, cream, liquors, and extracts for the best flavors.
• Watch your heat: Keeping the heat at medium or medium-low helps prevent scorching and scrambling your eggs.
• Adjust sweetness and flavor: Add more sugar, agave nectar, or liquor to taste.
• Storage: Store these sauces in sealed containers in the refrigerator for up to a week+.

kitchen Ingredients

menu_book Directions

• Heat sugar in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir the edges into the center as the sugar melts, until mostly dissolved.
• Add butter and stir until melted. Cook for a few minutes more, stirring occasionally.

• Remove the pan from heat. Slowly stir in heavy cream. Don't worry about clumps – they'll dissolve with heat.

• Whisk egg yolks in a large bowl.
• Gradually add some warm sauce to the yolks while whisking constantly. This will temper the eggs and prevent them from scrambling.

• Pour the egg mixture back into the saucepan with the rest of the sauce.
• Add vanilla and 2 tbsp rum.
• Return to heat and stir until it begins to boil. Immediately remove from heat and stir in 1 more tsp rum.

kitchen Ingredients

kitchen Ingredients

• In a saucepan, combine heavy cream, butter, agave nectar, sugar, lime zest, lemon zest, and a little orange zest. A bit of bitters adds a nice complexity.

• Place over medium heat and stir until the sugar dissolves. Add 2 tbsp of the mixture as you go to keep things smooth. Let it simmer.

• Whisk egg yolks in a bowl. Gradually whisk in some warm sauce while constantly whisking.

• Pour tempered egg mixture back into the saucepan.
• Add 2 tbsp tequila.
• Bring back to a simmer while stirring constantly. Remove from heat and stir in another tbsp of tequila.

kitchen Ingredients

menu_book Directions

• Heat brown sugar and honey in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir edges into the center as sugar melts, until mostly dissolved.
• Add butter and stir until melted. Let it simmer.

• Stir in heavy cream, a generous amount of orange zest, some lemon zest, and cook for 5+ minutes, stirring to develop the citrus flavors.

• Whisk egg yolks in a bowl, then gradually temper with warm sauce while whisking.
• Pour tempered egg mixture back into the saucepan.
• Add vanilla and 2 tbsp whiskey.
• Bring back to a simmer, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and stir in another tbsp of whiskey.