Condiments, Sauces & Seasonings

A good sauce can make or break a meal – providing nutrients, moisture, flavor and nourishment.   Moreover, a sauce or condiment can add interest to the meal and bring a sense cohesion among the different dishes offered.   Many sauces incorporate deeply nourishing foods such as mineral-rich stocks or vitamin-rich egg yolk, providing a much-needed nutritional boost to the meal.

	Fermented Hot Chili Sauce Seasoned with fresh garlic this fermented hot chili sauce is rich with flavor, bright and fiery.  Use it in strict moderation to add flavor and heat to your meals.  You’ll notice that the flavor of this sauce is more uniquely complex than vinegary sauces you can purchase at the grocery store.
	Hot, Sweet and Black Barbecue Sauce A combination of molasses, chipotle chili and tomato, this homemade barbecue is hot, sweet and black as sin.   Pastured lard and fish sauce might seem, at first, like odd additions, but both help to flesh out the rich and complex flavor of the sauce.  Take care to add the chipotle chili powder slowly, tasting along the way, lest you overseason the sauce – making it unbearably hot.  Unless, of course, you’re culinary masochists and you like the lingering pain of a torturously hot sauce (like me).
	Wild Mushroom Butter Wild mushroom butter is richly complex with the earthiness of porcini and the sweet fruity flavor of chanterelles.   If you don’t have fresh, wild-harvested porcini or chanterelles, use whatever mushrooms you can forage: hawk’s wing, morels, hen of the woods, oysters.
	Lactofermented Horseradish This homemade horseradish is strong and potent, and due to volatile compounds within the horseradish root that are released when it’s processed, it will make your eyes tear up, but push yourself through the tears and you’ll prepare a lovely, probiotic condiment that can keep for months in the fridge.
	Preserved Lemon and Mint Allioli Thinned with a touch more olive oil, preserved lemon and mint allioli makes a fantastic and flavorful salad dressing.  Alternatively, enjoy its fresh and bright flavors in a spread or as a dip.
	Spiced Applesauce with Red Wine The natural sweetness overwintered apples shines in this recipe and is complemented by the richness of wine and spices.  It is pleasant and mild, and free of additional sweeteners.  In our home, we serve it alongside roast pork during supper, or on its own as a simple dessert.
	Cranberry & Mandarin Relish Packed with vitamin C, this cranberry and mandarin relish is pleasantly tart, vibrant and lively.   A great alternative to classic cranberry sauce or even cranberry-orange relish.
	Wasabi Mayonnaise Homemade mayonnaise is a real treat, remarkably simple to prepare, and – when made with high quality ingredients – it can be deeply nourishing.   This wasabi mayonnaise recipe incorporates fresh pastured egg yolk, unrefined sea salt, raw apple cider vinegar and wasabi powder for a lovely take on classic mayonnaise.
	Mexican-inspired Spice Rub Perfect for fajitas and other grilled meats and fish, this spice rub incorporates cumin, chiles, Mexican oregano and other spices for a savory, slightly hot dry rub.
	Preserved Lemon Gremolata A probiotic version of classic gremolata, this version combines   Moroccan preserved lemons with parsley and fresh garlic for a vibrant condiment that sparkles with flavor and is teeming with beneficial bacteria.
	Classic Hollandaise Sauce This classic hollandaise sauce combines pastured egg yolk, lemon, grass-fed butter and unrefined sea salt.   It is excellent served with vegetables and eggs.
	Honeyed Cranberry Sauce with Kumquats A unique take on classic cranberry sauce, this version introduces kumquats – those sweet and sour little citrus fruits – to cranberries.   Excellent when paired with poultry or pork.