The document discusses ingredients and techniques for making different types of dessert sauces. It describes three main categories of dessert sauces: custard sauce, fruit purees, and syrups. For each category, it provides a list of ingredients and step-by-step instructions for preparation, such as combining milk, cream, eggs, and sugar to make a custard sauce or blending berries with sugar and cornstarch to create fruit syrups. The document also notes that thickeners like starch, cream, eggs, and cornstarch can improve sauce quality without altering other properties.