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Bechamel sauce

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.

300,3664.0/5 for 27 ratings

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Last modified on: February 21^th 2011

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: 278 grams

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
3 min.	15 min.	18 min.

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

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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 bechamel: like for example Mornay sauce, which is a bechamel with grated cheese added.

Remarks

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

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
553 Kcal or 2,315 Kj	14 gr	42 gr	36 gr
28 %	6 %	4 %	6 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
199 Kcal or 833 Kj	5 gr	15 gr	13 gr
10 %	2 %	1 %	2 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 350 ml : 0.47 €

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Spinach Mornay

This gratin is made with a layer of pre-cooked spinach, then sliced hard-boiled eggs and a Mornay sauce (an enriched bechamel with cheese).
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Croque-monsieur

A classic of French "street food" or bistros: a slice of ham between two slices of bread spread with béchamel sauce. The sandwich is then sprinkled with cheese and toasted in the oven.
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Source

Home made.

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	Grated nutmeg: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Potato gratin, Pasta with green asparagus, Foie gras cured in salt, Cheese Soufflé, New York style pasta, ... All

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