Steps to Prepare Perfect White Sauce (béchamel sauce)

White Sauce (béchamel sauce)
White Sauce (béchamel sauce)

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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook white sauce (béchamel sauce) using 6 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make White Sauce (béchamel sauce):
  1. Get For the white sauce:
  2. Prepare 50 g unsalted butter
  3. Prepare 50 g plain flour, sifted (sifting is optional)
  4. Get 400-500 ml soya or whole milk (add more or less)
  5. Get To taste salt and pepper
  6. Prepare Sprinkle nutmeg (optional)
Instructions to make White Sauce (béchamel sauce):
  1. In a medium sauce pan on low heat, add the butter and let it melt.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. When the white sauce has thickened, add a sprinkle of nutmeg (optional) and stir well.
  5. 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.

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