Sauces

A sweet sauce may be an essential feature of a dessert or it can be an optional element that completely changes the image of a dish. Served individually or paired to create a marriage of tastes and colours, sauces can create a complex cornucopia of flavours around a simple main recipe. A sweet milk sauce may be thickened with cornflour, enriched with unsalted butter and cream, then flavoured with spirits or with chocolate. This type of sauce may be served with hot puddings, such as Christmas pudding instead of brandy butter. Rum or Grand Marnier may be added instead of brandy.