What Is Cream sauce and How Can I Use It?

Cream sauce rewards a little know-how: how to choose it, cook it, store it, and substitute in a pinch. Browse 6 recipes to cook with it.

Recipes using cream sauce

There are 6 recipes that contain this ingredient.

Oysters Thomas

Oysters Thomas bakes fresh oysters on the half shell topped with lump crab meat, bearnaise sauce, and cream sauce under golden bread crumbs. An elegant appetizer.

Ham-Stuffed Biscuits

Ham-stuffed biscuits pack diced ham, sautéed onion, garlic, and a rich cream sauce into warm, flaky buttermilk biscuits. A retro appetizer that turns brunch or cocktail hour into a crowd-pleaser.

Olive Garden Florentine Lasagna

Spinach and mushroom Florentine lasagna with ricotta, mozzarella, and Parmesan layered three times and baked under marinara or tomato-cream sauce. A vegetarian restaurant copycat.

White Lasagna

Classic white lasagna with ground beef, homemade bechamel cream sauce, ricotta, mozzarella, and Parmesan layered with noodles and baked until bubbly. Comfort food with a creamy twist on the Italian original.

Broiled Striped Bass

Striped bass fillets baked in white wine and lemon butter, finished with a velvety cream sauce enriched with egg yolks, tomatoes, mushrooms, and shallots. French-inspired elegance for a crowd.

Baked Lobster Savannah

Diced lobster simmered in a sherry cream sauce with mushrooms, peppers, and pimentos, then spooned back into the shell and broiled with Parmesan. Southern fine dining at home.

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