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Preparation Melt the butter in a heavy-bottomed saucepan. This is the classic way of making a white sauce, using a mixture of butter and flour that the French call a roux. This recipe is from Delia's Complete How to Cook.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook bechamel (classic white sauce) using 9 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Bechamel (classic white sauce):
- Take 1/4 Ounce Butter stick ,
- Take 2 Tablespoons all-purpose flour
- Prepare 32 Ounces milk , warmed
- Prepare 1/4 yellow onion
- Get 1 Bay leaf
- Make ready 1 clove
- Take 1 Teaspoon kosher salt
- Prepare 1/4 Teaspoon white pepper
- Prepare 1/8 Teaspoon nutmeg
It consists of simple ingredients like; butter, flour, milk and a pinch of nutmeg. It can be used as is or mixed with herbs or pestos. Typically I like to use it in lasagnas but it's the perfect blank canvas for whatever your needs are. Béchamel is a basic white sauce, one of the five mother sauces, that you can serve as-is, or use for making all sorts of other creamy, cheesy (Nutrition information is calculated using an ingredient database and should be considered an estimate.) Béchamel is a basic white sauce and one of the.
Steps to make Bechamel (classic white sauce):
- In a heavy saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Add flour and stir, forming a roux. Slowly add warmed milk, 2-3 tablespoons at a time at first, whisking vigorously. Once milk is absorbed, add more, and continue until all the milk is in, and you have a thick sauce.
- Add the onion, bay, clove, and nutmeg, reduce heat to low, and simmer for 15-30 minutes, stirring occasionally
- Adjust consistency with more milk if necessary, add salt and pepper, and strain through a fine mesh strainer. Use immediately, or cover with plastic wrap pressed directly on the surface to prevent a skin from forming. Bechamel can be refrigerated for use 2-3 days ahead.
Béchamel sauce is the key to great lasagnas, soufflés and much more—and it's simple to make at home. This recipe is fabulous and I have added a splash of white wine as I used the sauce for Spinach Lasagna. This is Delia's classic way of making a white (béchamel) sauce, using a mixture of butter and flour called a roux. Try this Classic White Bechamel Sauce recipe, or contribute your own. That is my command to anyone searching the depths of their refrigerator, in search of magic that doesn't exist.
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