Sauces, dips & dressings
Nacho dipping sauce with cheddar
- 1 ui
- 100 ml water
- Juice of half a lemon
- 1 tbsp mustard
- 2 tablespoons vinegar
- 2 tablespoons dark brown sugar
- 8. Ketchup
- 2 el worcestershiresaus
- 1.5 tsp smoked paprika
- Salt and pepper
- Peel and finely chop the onion. Put this in a saucepan together with the water, lemon juice, vinegar, mustard, and brown sugar, and place it over the heat. Season to taste with salt and pepper and bring the mixture to a boil. Let it simmer gently for half an hour.
- Next, add the ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, and smoked paprika. Bring it briefly to a boil and then turn off the heat.
- Let the barbecue sauce cool down and store it in the refrigerator.
Homemade sauces, dips, and dressings—don't they taste ten times better than buying them ready-made at the supermarket? Of course, convenience is worth something every now and then, but know that making your own spreads doesn't have to be synonymous with 'taking a lot of time.' On the contrary! That's why we have pages full of recipes for making your own sauces, dips, and dressings: from BBQ sauce to Asian stir-fry sauce, from dips for chips to vegetable dip, yogurt dips, and salad dressings.
Sauce here, dressing there. They give the simplest salad, pasta, or snack bread just that little extra something, making it highly likely to become a new favorite at the table. Are you looking for a specific sauce, dip, or dressing to make yourself, or are you looking for inspiration? In our series of accessible 'sauces, dips & dressings' recipes, we explain step-by-step how to make them. Follow the steps, add a portion of love, and you'll be ready before you know it. Oh, and we've thought of vegan sauces too! Dips for nachos, making your own peanut sauce, or a dressing for Salade Niçoise or Caesar salad—try them all.
Making dressing – or vinaigrette in French – in your own kitchen is childishly simple. The only thing is that you do need to know *how* to make your own salad dressing. A basic dressing consists of vinegar, oil, pepper, salt, and (if you like it) mustard for a bit of kick. That is all there is to making a dressing. Why this mix? It turns all the individual ingredients into a cohesive whole.
And then there is the category 'making your own peanut sauce.' Better known as satay sauce. Originally Indonesian. That is why we like to eat it (and often) with Asian dishes like nasi, bami, and chicken satay. Although, our fries also go very well with it. Making your own peanut sauce is a piece of cake, because you only need peanut butter, water (or milk), garlic, sweet soy sauce (ketjap manis), and sambal. That is all there is to it. And with the less than 10 minutes of work involved, you probably won't want to do it any other way from now on. Your work is rewarded!
