Hey everyone, it is me, Dave, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, white sauce (béchamel sauce). It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Preparation Melt the butter in a heavy-bottomed saucepan. A béchamel or white sauce is one of the classic French "mother sauces" that form the basis of much French cuisine. White sauce is perhaps the most commonly used mother sauce for home cooks.
White Sauce (béchamel sauce) is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look wonderful. White Sauce (béchamel sauce) is something that I have loved my entire life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook white sauce (béchamel sauce) using 6 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make White Sauce (béchamel sauce):
- Get For the white sauce:
- Make ready 50 g unsalted butter
- Get 50 g plain flour, sifted (sifting is optional)
- Take 400-500 ml soya or whole milk (add more or less)
- Get To taste salt and pepper
- Get Sprinkle nutmeg (optional)
It's cheesy and oh so good! Packed with veggies, this is a great way to make kids eat their veggies! This white sauce is also known as béchamel sauce and has it's origin in French cuisine. Béchamel sauce (/ˌbeɪʃəˈmɛl/; French: [beʃamɛl]), also known as white sauce, is a sauce that originated in Italy, later introduced to France, made from a white roux (butter and flour) and milk.
Instructions to make White Sauce (béchamel sauce):
- In a medium sauce pan on low heat, add the butter and let it melt.
- Slowly add the flour bit by bit. Keep stirring continuously until a paste forms (or becomes a crumble like texture called a 'roux', the basis for many sauces). Continue cooking and stirring for a couple more minutes.
- Now add the milk very gradually to the roux. Stir gently until it develops into a smooth consistency. Cook for a further 5-10 mins, stirring continuously, until the sauce has thickened.
- When the white sauce has thickened, add a sprinkle of nutmeg (optional) and stir well.
- Lastly, season to taste with salt and pepper. Give it a final good stir and take off the heat. Use for to Italian dishes like lasagne or creamy pasta. This recipe can also be adapted to make white cheese sauce.
Béchamel sauce has French origin and has become part of Italian culinary tradition for a very long time. Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Once melted, stir in the flour until smooth. Since this Bechamel Sauce or also called White Sauce is a basic of cooking and is really very easy to make, every cook should know how to make it. The sauce starts with the base of a roux which is equal parts butter and flour.
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