Name: Béchamel sauce
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 30 gram butter; 2 tablespoon plain flour; 1 1/4 cup (310ml) hot milk; 1 pinch nutmeg

Ingredients

30 gram butter

2 tablespoon plain flour

1 1/4 cup (310ml) hot milk

1 pinch nutmeg

Method

1.Melt butter in medium saucepan, add flour; cook, stirring, until mixture bubbles and thickens.

2.Gradually add milk, stirring, until mixture boils and thickens. Stir in nutmeg.

Béchamel is one of the “mother” or base sauces of classic French cooking and probably the one sauce that most people learn to cook before leaving home, often with the addition of cheese.
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