White Sauce Tips
How do I make a perfect white sauce?
Mastering this basic white sauce recipe, also known as Béchamel, takes little time and puts a world of recipes at your fingertips. It's even one of the essential
French "mother sauces" that you learn in cooking school! Whisking the butter and flour well while slowly adding the milk will result in a smooth, creamy sauce every time. If you end up a with a broken sauce, no worries! There are ways to
fix a broken sauce in no time flat.
How is white sauce used?
You can use white sauce by drizzling it over
asparagus,
baked chicken or
grilled fish. It's also the base for many other favorites like
classic creamed spinach and
biscuits and sausage gravy.
Can white sauce be made in advance?
Using the sauce immediately ensures optimal consistency for your recipe, but it can be made ahead and refrigerated up to 3 days if needed. When ready to use, warm gently over low heat and whisk until smooth. If the sauce is too thick, add warm milk or cream 1 tablespoon at a time. Freezing is a good option if you have an abundance of sauce. Spoon sauce into a freezer-safe container, placing a layer of plastic wrap directly on top of the sauce; seal tightly and freeze for up to 6 months.
Reviews
Great tasting recipe and easy to make! It tastes great on vegetables or poultry. I got a lot of requests for this recipe when I made it on Thanksgiving.
I loved it To make it sweeter you can add some cheese
It was very good.
Excellent and I did see the milk in the recipe. I am a Mainer living in exile in NC and my mother taught me how to make this years ago. thanks for the refresher. to thicken a weak sauce add a pinch of cornstarch.
To the ones that did not hit the view recipe. Your the dumbass
How much milk am I supposed to add?? Milk is not even listed on the ingredients list. What kind of dumbass would give an incomplete recipe a good review??
Helps to include all ingredients in the ingredient list
Yummm. I had leftover pasta (bow tie style), a piece of rotisserie chicken. Threw in some frozen peas/carrots. Very good. Thank you. I did have to add about 1/4 cop milk as was thick but have a feeling my tablespoon was heaped
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Excellent!