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Easy Bechamel Sauce

Bechamel sauce is the standard white sauce used in many disheslike lasagne, mornay, and au gratin. This Bechamel sauce recipe is easy to make, is one of the main staple sauces you will use in your kitchen!
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Servings: 5 cups
Course: Main Course, Sauces, Dinner
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 100 g unsalted butter
  • 100 g plain flour
  • 4 cups milk
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg optional
  • 1/2 tsp garlic powder optional
  • 1/4 cup Parmigiano Reggiano cheese optional

Method
 

To make the roux
  1. In a saucepan, melt the butter over low heat. 
  2. Sift in the flour and mix quickly with a whisk until the mixture is smooth and without lumps. 
  3. Cook this mixture for about 1 minute or until a nice golden colour is formed, allowing the flour to absorb the butter fats, making it tastier. 
To make the sauce
  1. While stirring vigorously with a whisk, slowly pour in the milk into the roux. 
  2. Once all the milk has been added to the roux, continue to stir the mixture until it thickens in consistency (approximately 10-15minutes).  The bechamel sauce is ready when it sticks to the back of a wooden spoon. At this point, you may add a little more flour if you wouldlike your bechamel sauce to have a thicker consistency, or add a little moremilk for a thinner bechamel sauce.
  3. Finally, stir in the salt, nutmeg, garlic powder, and cheese.

Notes

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