Basic Bechamel Sauce

Name: Basic Bechamel Sauce
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 5 Tbsps butter; 59 milliliters all-purpose flour; 946 milliliters milk; 0 teaspoons freshly grated nutmeg; 2 teaspoons salt

Basic Bechamel Sauce is a vegetarian recipe with 2 servings. This recipe covers 19% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 598 calories, 17g of protein, and 44g of fat. It works best as a sauce, and is done in approximately 40 minutes. Head to the store and pick up nutmeg, flour, milk, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Once melted, stir in the flour until smooth. Continue stirring as the flour cooks to a light, golden, sandy color, about 7 minutes.

Ingredients you will need

Butter

All Purpose Flour

Equipment you will use

Sauce Pan

Increase heat to medium-high and slowly whisk in milk until thickened by the roux. Bring to a gentle simmer, then reduce heat to medium-low and continue simmering until the flour has softened and not longer tastes gritty, 10 to 20 minutes, then season with salt and nutmeg.

Ingredients you will need

Nutmeg