CREAM AND BUTTER SAUCES
Cream and butter don’t need to be made into sauces—they themselves are sauces! In fact they’re prototypes for sauces in gen- eral, with their lingering, mouthfilling
consistency and rich but delicate flavor. A ramekin of melted butter in which to dip a morsel of lobster or an artichoke leaf, a pour of cream over fresh berries or pastry— these are wonderful combinations. But cream and butter are versatile ingredients, and cooks have found other ways to exploit them in saucemaking.