The Preparing and cooking sauces credential covers the skills and knowledge required when learning the skill of preparing and cooking sauces.

The Preparing and cooking sauces credential comprises of 4 micro-credential stacked courses of learning, followed by completion of assessment tasks at the end of each skill level, to test the learner’s knowledge and understanding.

Course Series: 4 of 4

Course Award: Micro-Credential 

Course Duration: 10 Hours Course 

Complexity: Foundation

It comprises of 1 lesson and 19 recipes, followed by a completion quiz to test your knowledge and understanding.  By the end of this course, you will demonstrate understanding in: 

  • Key ingredients used to prepare sauces.
  • Equipment used to prepare sauces.
  • How to effectively prepare and store sauces.


Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction

    • Preparing and cooking sauces
  • 2

    Lesson 1

    • Sauces and derivative recipes
  • 3

    Lesson 2

    • Recipe 6 – Béchamel
  • 4

    Lesson 3

    • Recipe 7 - Mornay sauce
  • 5

    Lesson 4

    • Recipe 8 - Nantua sauce
  • 6

    Lesson 5

    • Recipe 9 – Chicken Velouté

  • 7

    Lesson 6

    • Recipe 10 - Fish Velouté
  • 8

    Lesson 7

    • Recipe 11 - Gravy
  • 9

    Lesson 8

    • Recipe 12 - Normande sauce
  • 10

    Lesson 9

    • Recipe 13 – Strawberry Coulis

  • 11

    Lesson 10

    • Recipe 14 – Demi Glace

  • 12

    Lesson 11

    • Recipe 15 – Hollandaise

  • 13

    Lesson 12

    • Recipe 16 - Sauce Béarnaise

  • 14

    Lesson 13

    • Recipe 17 - Sauce Café de Paris
  • 15

    Lesson 14

    • Recipe 18 - Beef Jus

  • 16

    Lesson 15

    • Recipe 19 - Sauce Bigarade

  • 17

    Lesson 16

    • Recipe 20 - Sauce aux Champignons
  • 18

    Lesson 17

    • Recipe 21 - Garlic Aioli
  • 19

    Lesson 18

    • Recipe 22 - Remoulade
  • 20

    Lesson 19

    • Recipe 23 - Romesco Sauce
  • 21

    Lesson 20

    • Recipe 24 – Napoletana Sauce

  • 22

    Test your knowledge

    • Instructions before taking the test

    • Test your knowledge

    • Next steps
  • 23

    The boring stuff

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