How to make Bechamel Sauce | White Sauce Recipe

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This classic & simple white sauce recipe uses just 5 ingredients!

How to make Bechamel Sauce | White Sauce Recipe

Vincenzo

Bechamel Sauce is a white creamy sauce that can be used for a variety pasta or meat dishes and is very simple to make.

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Prep Time 5 mins

Cook Time 10 mins

Total Time 15 mins

Equipment

• 1 pot medium-sized

Ingredients

  

• 50 g butter
• 1 pinch nutmeg
• 1 pinch table salt
• 500 ml milk full cream is best
• 50 g plain flour sifted

Instructions

 

• Turn the stove on to a medium-low heat.
• Add the butter to your pot and place it on the stove.
  50 g butter
• Wait until the butter melts. You can help it by moving it around with a wooden spoon.
  
• Place the strained flour into the pot and quickly mix it into the butter, still using the wooden spoon.
  50 g plain flour
  
• Keep mixing until you can no longer see the white flour.
• Break down any of the larger pieces of the mixture and continue to mix.
  
• Pour half of the milk slowly over your mixture while still on the stove and start to mix it through.
  500 ml milk
  
• Add the remaining milk, nutmeg and table salt.
  1 pinch nutmeg, 500 ml milk, 1 pinch table salt
• Continue to mix the sauce until it becomes creamy and there are very few or no lumps.
  

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What do I serve with white suace?

You can use this sauce in many of my recipes, including Graziella’s Zucchini Crepes, my vegetable lasagne or my Crepe Cannelloni with Ricotta & Spinach!

E ora si mangia, Vincenzo’s Plate…Enjoy!

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