Question

To ____________________ something is to slowly mix in a bit of _____________ ___________________ with eggs or cream to raise the temperature slowly. This prevents the cream from curdling (turning lumpy and gross) or the eggs from scrambling in your sauce.

Answer 1

temper; hot sauce

Step-by-step explanation:

The context clue here is "raise the temperature slowly" gives a quick clue to temper (as a verb). The 4th definition of temper (as a verb) is "to bring to a suitable state by mixing or adding a usually liquid ingredient." Knowning, this leads to the second blank being hot sauce, as that's a liquid.