Dijon Cream Sauce Recipe
Published October 30, 2022. This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy.
This simple-to-prepare Dijon cream sauce recipe comes together in minutes and goes fantastic on beef, chicken, pork, fish, and vegetables. You will love the bold flavors from this.
A sauce can make or break any meal; I believe the easier to prepare, the better. Try out my chimichurri sauce or Herb and Garlic Butter that goes great on everything.
Dijon Cream Sauce
Dijon cream sauce is a simple sauce consisting of reduced heavy cream and mustard. It’s a tasty sauce with chicken, beef, pork, fish, or even alongside or on top of vegetables.
This is a sauce I learned to make decades ago at a restaurant I worked at. A few simple common ingredients and an easy technique will render a great-tasting everyday sauce to serve to friends and family.
Ingredients and Substitutions
- Cream – You will need heavy whipping cream for this recipe.
- Mustard – I use a combination of yellow, Dijon, and whole-grain mustard. However, you can use Dijon mustard.
- Seasoning – Sea salt is all you will need. The mustard will provide plenty of spice to balance out the sauce.
How to Make Dijon Cream Sauce
Add the cream to a medium-size saucepot and cook over medium-low heat while whisking constantly.
It will become very thick. Think alfredo sauce.
Stir in the different mustards and salt and serve.
Make-Ahead and Storage
Make-Ahead: You can make this recipe up to 3 days ahead of time. Keep cool until ready to use.
How to Store: Cover and keep in the refrigerator for up to 4 days. This does not freeze well.
How to Reheat: Add the desired amount of Dijon sauce to a small-size saucepot and heat over low heat until hot.
Chef Notes + Tips
- If you are looking to use milk instead of cream, you will need to make a bechamel sauce and add in the different mustards once it is finished.
- I prefer to serve this sauce with my grilled spatchcock chicken.
- The combination of mustard makes for a very flavorful, aesthetically pleasing sauce.
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Dijon Cream Sauce Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cups heavy whipping cream
- 1 1/2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
- 1 1/2 tablespoons yellow mustard
- 1 1/2 tablespoons whole-grain mustard
- sea salt to taste
Instructions
- Add the cream to a medium-sized saucepot and cook over medium-low heat while whisking constantly. Which takes about 8 to 10 minutes. It will become very thick. Think alfredo sauce.
- Whisk in the different mustards and salt and serve.
Awesome! Used it for beef wellington bites as well as a pork tenderloin! 🥰
I really appreciate the nutrition info at the end of your recipes, but I am curious to know if the serving size could be added.
The serving sizes are at the top of the recipe card.
I cooked this sauce but in a bit modified version…i didn’t have so many mustards, so i combined regular mustard, horseradish and deli mustard. I was impatient and speeded the process by adding a flour for thickness… in the end i added ground black pepper and dry basil and salt. It came out delicious! Thank you for the recipe!)))
My pleasure!
I have tried other Dijon sauce recipes, and they were all not good. This one looked different so I tried it. It is outstanding! The perfect mustard flavor. I used it on my Chicken Cordon Bleu and it was the perfect topping! I was hoping to have some extra, but my family all but licked the pot. Thanks so much for sharing!
This was easy to make and delicious on our grilled chicken the other day. Today I warmed it up a little and put it on our leftover seafood quiche (yes, I did!) and it was awesome! Thanks for sharing your recipes Chef.
My pleasure!
Love this sauce! Thanks Chef Billy!
have made this twice we love it
Fricking awesome 👌 👏 👍🏻