Sauce Makes the Meal

A good sauce can turn the simplest weekday dinner into something worth looking forward to. In the everyday Swedish kitchen, sauces range from creamy pan sauces and quick gravies to cold yoghurt sauces, dressings, dips and condiments mixed together in minutes.

Modern favourites draw flavours from everywhere. Mustard, herbs and horseradish share the fridge with garlic, chilli, soy, curry and ingredients that previous generations of Swedish home cooks might never have encountered.

Here you’ll find sauces for everyday cooking – quick and creamy, fresh and tangy, rich and comforting, and sometimes just the thing that turns whatever is in the fridge into dinner.