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Bechamel sauce

Name: Bechamel sauce
Prep time: 3 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 18 min
Yield: 350 ml
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons butter; 2 tablespoons flour; 2 glasses milk; Grated nutmeg; Salt; Pepper

Bechamel sauce is a classic, made from a cooked butter-flour mix called "roux", where milk is added and slowly cooked. We get a thick sauce, used in many recipes.

455 K 4.0/5 (46 reviews)724653

Duration

20 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: June 13^th 2024

Step by step recipe Ingredients Duration Nutritional facts Cost Comments

For 350 ml, you will need:

1 2 tablespoons butter
2 2 tablespoons flour
3 2 glasses milk
4 Grated nutmeg
5 Salt
6 Pepper
Total weight: 280 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation

3 min.

Cooking

15 min.

All in all

20 min.

Preparation 3 min.

Cooking 15 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 3 min.

Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a pan on low heat.

When it sizzles, add 2 tablespoons flour all at once.

Stage 2 - ⌛ 5 min.

Mix well and cook, stirring continuously, until the mixture become light brown.

This mix, which can be prepared beforehand, is called a "roux", and in this case a "blond roux". If you continue cooking, you will get a "brown roux".

Stage 3 - ⌛ 10 min.

Pour 2 glasses milk (cold) onto the roux, all at once. Mix thoroughly.

You have there the secret of succeeding with a bechamel:

if roux is hot, add cold milk
if roux is cold (perpared beforehand), add hot milk

Salt, pepper and add grated nutmeg.

Leave to cook on low heat, stirring up continuously until bechamel thickens.

Stage 4

The thickness of bechamel is a question of taste.

Stage 5

You can make variations on béchamel, such as Mornay sauce, which is a béchamel sauce to which egg yolks and grated cheese are added.

Remarks

Bechamel can be easily made beforehand, and reheated when necessary.

Keeping: Several days in the fridge, in a closed jar.

Source: Home made.

Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	5 g RDI=8 %	14 g RDI=6 %	13 g RDI=18 %	198 kcal RDI=10 %	833 kJ RDI=10 %
Whole recipe	14 g RDI=22 %	41 g RDI=16 %	36 g RDI=50 %	552 kcal RDI=28 %	2,314 kJ RDI=28 %

Whole recipe

Possible allergens in this recipe: milk, Gluten

How much will it cost?

For 350 ml

0.50 €

Per Bechamel sauce

0.05 €

Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.

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