Ingredients
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40 grams butter
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40 grams plain flour
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500 ml milk
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1 pinch salt
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1 pinch pepperwhite pepper
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1 pinch nutmeggrated nutmeg
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1 bay leavessmal bayleaf
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0.5 onionshalf an onion
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4 clovesprick them on the onion
Directions
This Bechamel sauce (white sauce) is perfect for all kind of everyday use for things like pasta and vegetable bakes, lasagnas, moussaka, and even more complex things recipe like souffle.
The Bechamel Sauce which is commonly known as “white Sauce”, is one of the 5 French Mother sauces that every keen cook wanting to prepare french food should know. The main ingredients are butter, flour and Milk and that sauce can be prepare in small or large quantities using a sauce pan.
The recipe I am giving here will give you a sauce with a great consistency (not too thick and not too thin) that you can use in most dishes like lasagna, souffles, bakes, ham and cheese toasts and much more.
One you dish to make with Bechamel sauce:
Steps
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Make a white roux with the butter and flourIn a medium size sauce pan ( on low heat) melt the butter gently. |
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warm up the milk with the favouring ingredientsin order to get a tasty bechamel sauce we need to infuse the milk with some flavours. |
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Make the bechamel saucePlace the pan you used to make the roux on the stove on low heat and using a sieve to filter, pour all of the warm milk over the cold roux. |
