British sauce

[jrs2]

Are there British healthy sauce recipes? The ones I find online are American. Some of these are fascinating to read. I had not heard of liquid smoke before.

 

[stackingcups]

What sort of sauce are you looking for?

I've used liquid smoke in the UK too, lovely little ingredient.

 

[Leadinglights]

A cheese sauce can be made with Philadelphia with grated cheese stirred in and melted, you can add chopped onions, chives.
Satay sauce with peanut butter, soy sauce, bit of chilli, and water to make it the right consistency.

 

[Lucyr]

Are there British healthy sauce recipes?

I couldn’t even tell you what a British sauce is. Do you mean gravy? Bisto or the supermarket ones like Tesco finest are nice. You can make it yourself but that tastes too strong for me.

 

[jrs2]

I couldn’t even tell you what a British sauce is. Do you mean gravy? Bisto or the supermarket ones like Tesco finest are nice. You can make it yourself but that tastes too strong for me.

I meant British *recipes* for sauces, prescribing ingredients available in Britain. By sauces I mean low-sugar alternatives for, say, Bolognese sauce or Tartare sauce, or any other commonly-used sauce. At the moment I cannot find lemon juice or lime juice (for example) in this locality, so I can't get too exotic.

 

[stackingcups]

Here is my family Bolognese recipe if it is any help. You could easily reduce oil, or do without wine, or use a reduced salt stock cube etc but the basics of it gives a flavourful rich Bolognese that even my fussiest eater eats.

We also now grated a large carrot in there now too.

 

[Leadinglights]

I meant British *recipes* for sauces, prescribing ingredients available in Britain. By sauces I mean low-sugar alternatives for, say, Bolognese sauce or Tartare sauce, or any other commonly-used sauce. At the moment I cannot find lemon juice or lime juice (for example) in this locality, so I can't get too exotic.

Can you not buy lemons or limes from the supermarket?
How to make tartare sauce in the UK?
Ingredients
200ml/7fl oz mayonnaise.
3 tbsp capers, drained and chopped.
3 tbsp gherkins, drained and chopped.
1 small shallot, finely chopped.
squeeze of lemon juice.
3 tbsp chopped fresh parsley.
flaked sea salt and freshly ground black pepper.

Bolognaise sauce
Ingredients
Serves: 4.
500 grams minced beef
1 large onion (chopped)
1 can chopped tomatoes
1 tablespoon tomato puree
1 clove garlic (crushed)
2 teaspoons mixed herbs
1 teaspoon sugar
1 beef stock
175 millilitres red wine or white wine
pepper
1 tablespoon olive oil
Many more on the internet just search for UK recipes.

 

[rebrascora]

Is there any reason why you want to make tartare sauce? It is pretty low in carbs anyway and it's not like you eat masses of it with a meal and probably no less carbs if you make it yourself.

Bolognaise sauce is just onions and garlic and I like chopped mushrooms and peppers in it too and tinned chopped tomatoes and a squeeze of tomato puree and mixed herbs and I like a splash of red wine or port and a dash of balsamic vinegar in it and the mince of course. I would never really think of buying a jar of sauce because it is just easy to make from scratch.

I also quite enjoy experimenting with making my own Indian type dishes these days. Once you have an idea of the main ingredients for each dish. Obviously if you are following a low carb way of eating for your diabetes then you are best avoiding the sweet dishes like Malayan or Korma or sweet and sour, unless you want to play around with artificial sweeteners which I am not convinced are a good option but others happily cook and bake with them.

Most sauces start with frying onion (and perhaps garlic) in fat or oil and then adding flavourings like herbs and spices depending upon what you are making and any other vegetables for that particular dish. So I start a bolognaise/chilli/goulash off more or less the same but the chilli gets chilli power or fresh chillies and a tin of kidney beans whereas the bolognaise gets herbs and goulash gets paprika. That might be simplifying it but they are basically all beef, onion and tomato based dishes.

 

[saffron15]

You could make raita for with a curry, chopped cucumber, garlic, mint squeeze of lemon and Greek style yoghurt. I add cumin as I like the flavour. Increase the amount of mint, leave out the cucumber and it is nice on lamb or salmon. Bought mint sauce usually has sugar. Mint is easy to grow in a garden but plant in a pot or it will grow everywhere.
You can by a bottle of lemon juice.
I like Delia Smiths recipe for tartare sauce but I also buy it in a supermarket. Fish is healthy and low carb so adding tartar sauce won't make big difference.

 

[helli]

Is there any reason why you want to make tartare sauce? It is pretty low in carbs anyway and it's not like you eat masses of it with a meal and probably no less carbs if you make it yourself.

Home made tartare sauce tastes far better than shop bought.
I make a quick version (not sure I’d suggest it was a “recipe”) with capers, gherkins, mayo and lemon juice and, if i have some, dill.
I have a recipe that replaces the mayo with Greek yoghurt.
I have find pre-made tartare sauce tastes very “gloopy” and not as fresh.

 

[Lucyr]

I meant British *recipes* for sauces, prescribing ingredients available in Britain. By sauces I mean low-sugar alternatives for, say, Bolognese sauce or Tartare sauce, or any other commonly-used sauce. At the moment I cannot find lemon juice or lime juice (for example) in this locality, so I can't get too exotic.

I’m still a bit confused. Isn’t bolognese sauce Italian? The ingredients are tomatoes mince and a few veg aren’t they so no added sugar anyway? If you want bolognese sauce with no sugar at all that’s impossible. Tartare sauce is mayonnaise, pickles and herbs so no sugar either. I’ve never seen a supermarket that didn’t sell lemons either.

 

[stackingcups]

OP hasn't said where they are based to be fair.

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

I find it frustrating how often US recipes are returned in search engine results too @jrs2

I find searching UK based sites like BBC Good Food is an easy way to get ones with UK ingredients. My supermarket puts lemon and lime juices in weird places and nowhere near other juices. Often with cake-making ingredients / icing!

 

[Inka]

I use BBC Food too or Delia Online @jrs2 Also, if you Google “Tartare sauce U.K. recipe” the first hits on Google are all British, including the above and a video from Rick Stein. You can repeat for other sauces.

 

[jrs2]

I’m still a bit confused. Isn’t bolognese sauce Italian? The ingredients are tomatoes mince and a few veg aren’t they so no added sugar anyway? If you want bolognese sauce with no sugar at all that’s impossible. Tartare sauce is mayonnaise, pickles and herbs so no sugar either. I’ve never seen a supermarket that didn’t sell lemons either.

Lemon *juice*. I thought the same, there wouldn't be a supermarket that didn't sell it.

 

[Lucyr]

Lemon *juice*. I thought the same, there wouldn't be a supermarket that didn't sell it.

If you squeeze the lemon the juice comes out, just remove the pips