Dressed-Up Dishes

Mustard Sauce

Ingredients:

8 oz. heavy cream
3 Tbs. mustard

Preparation and Use:

Reduce heavy cream in a sauté pan. Allow to cool, then mix with mustard. Pour into a squeeze bottle. Create fancy designs on the serving plate, such as the appearance on this plate with crab cakes (see top photo).

By serving crab cakes over uniformly-cut fresh chives and mustard-sauce designs, the dining experience is greatly enhanced. Choose a plate color that contrasts well against the mustard color.

Raspberry Coulis

Ingredients:

2 baskets raspberries
sugar to taste
3 to 4 Tbs. water

Preparation and Use:

Combine ingredients in a blender. Strain out the seeds and pour into a squeeze bottle. Create plate decorations when serving dessert such as a plain slice of chocolate cake.