Green Peppercorn Brandy Cream Sauce

The key to Green Peppercorn Brandy Cream Sauce is using the juices of the protein as an integral part of the sauce. A variety of meats lend themselves to rich and flavorful Green Peppercorn Brandy Cream Sauce. If you want to “do it up”, use filet mignon and a French cognac; for a weeknight dinner, cube steak and Mexican brandy will provide the same great taste at a budget price. Also, try making Green Peppercorn Brandy Cream Sauce with ¾-inch thick slices of pan-fried pork tenderloin, your taste buds will love you for it.  Whether you go with beef or pork with Green Peppercorn Brandy Cream Sauce, start out with a Family-Style Rustic Escarole Salad, then on to the main event, accompanied by a full-bodied red wine, like a Primitivo, for a great meal to remember.

Green Peppercorn Brandy Cream Sauce

Prep Time: 10 minutes, Sauce Cooking Time, see preparation step 6 below, 15 minutes.  Serves 2 to 4.

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Apple Cider Brandy Cream Sauce

Apple Cider Brandy Cream Sauce is so good, you will want to grab a spoon and eat it like soup! Rich and creamy, slightly sweet and spicy, Apple Cider Brandy Cream Sauce is perfect with pork, especially with our Apple Cider Pork Tenderloin.  The deep flavors of apple cider and brandy really shine through, making this sauce so delicious. Apple Cider Brandy Cream Sauce is reduced twice, resulting in its complex flavor and the wonderful silky finish, perfect for coating the pork tenderloin. Excess Apple Cider Brandy Cream Sauce will probably store well, covered and refrigerated, then gently reheated to serve again, but we don’t think you will have any left over at the initial serving. Enjoy!

Apple Cider Pork Tenderloin with Apple Cider Brandy Cream Sauce

Total Time: 1 hour.  Yields 2 cups.

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Peanut Sauce

Peanut Sauce is ubiquitous in Indonesian cuisine, serving as a dressing or dipping sauce for many different dishes, like Indonesian Chicken and Gado Gado (assorted steamed vegetables) and over rice.  It is also very popular in the Netherlands as Indonesia was colonized by the Dutch East India Company (VOC) in the 1600s. My Dutch mother-in-law, Jenny Stapel-Klop, provided her peanut sauce recipe to me, which I’ve adapted and present here to you; thank you Jenny!  Very tasty with a subtle blend of ingredients and a seductively silky texture, Peanut Sauce is one of our favorites. We really enjoy dipping celery sticks and carrot chips in peanut sauce as a snack, on the rare occurrence that there should be any leftover.  Make some peanut sauce for yourself and let us know what you served it with.

Peanut Sauce

Prep Time: 10 minutes, Total Time: 35 minutes Yield: 2+ cups of peanut sauce

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