Simple White Sauce (Béchamel Sauce)

How to Making Recipes Simple White Sauce (Béchamel Sauce) using 6 ingredients and 5 steps

Simple White Sauce (Béchamel Sauce) -

You can cook Simple White Sauce (Béchamel Sauce) using 6 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients make Simple White Sauce (Béchamel Sauce)

1. It's 25 g butter or margerine.
2. It's 25 g plain flour.
3. Prepare 400 mls milk.
4. It's Salt and white pepper.
5. Prepare 80 g cheese (optional).
6. It's Nutmeg (optional).

Simple White Sauce (Béchamel Sauce) instructions

1. Melt the butter in your saucepan..
2. Add the flour and stir over a medium heat for 2-3 minutes..
3. Start to add your milk a little at a time, stirring continually to keep the sauce smooth. If you stop stirring the sauce will become lumpy. If this happens remove the pan from the heat and whisk the sauce vigorously to remove the lumps, then continue adding your milk over a low heat..
4. When all of the milk is added, bring the sauce up to the boil, still stirring continuously. Once it has boiled and thickened, add more milk if it’s too thick. Season with salt and pepper. Stop here for a basic white sauce..
5. To make the cheese sauce, add your cheese at this point and stir over a low heat until the cheese is melted. Don’t re-boil the sauce or it will become stringy. Add nutmeg to taste if you like, the sauce is now ready..

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