The Fridge Fix: How to Preserve Produce

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[START FREE TRIAL]( or [LOG IN]( [America's Test Kitchen: Notes from the Test Kitchen]( [America's Test Kitchen: Notes from the Test Kitchen]( [FIND RECIPES ›]( February 24, 2023 [A collection of recipes from this newsletter]( [A collection of recipes from this newsletter]( What’s New at ATK [Wilting Vegetables]( The Fridge Fix: How to Preserve Produce Please stop letting your herbs and produce go mushy.[We’re here to help you preserve your produce. →]( Make European-Style Butter at Home for a Fraction of the Price You’ve mastered homemade bread.[Now butter it up with cultured butter! →]( A Note From Our Test Cooks [Curried Vegetable Couscous and Chicken with Lime-Yogurt Sauce; Morgan Bolling's Headshot]( Sauce Boss From Morgan Bolling, Executive Editor, Creative Content, Cook’s Country At my French technique–based culinary school, the chefs taught my class about the five mother sauces that form the foundation for many common sauces we cook with today. These were: - Béchamel: the milk-based white sauce that is the basis for many mac and cheese recipes - Velouté: a blonde sauce with butter, flour, and broth - Sauce Espagnole: a rich brown sauce that gave way to bourguignon - Sauce Tomate: related to Italian tomato sauce and Southern tomato gravy - Hollandaise: the delicious egg, lemon, and butter sauce drizzled over eggs benedict. Nowadays, I don’t stick to classic French sauces, but I do lean heavily on sauces to take a dish from good to great. A stir-together [yogurt sauce]( or a [briny herb-based sauce]( can be drizzled over roasted chicken or charred vegetables for much more complexity. After searing a steak, I love deglazing a pan with red wine, broth, herbs, and butter for a [quick pan sauce]( that feels worthy of a steak house. And I keep vinaigrette in my fridge to toss with salad greens or even drizzle over pork chops for a fresh, vibrant pop. 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