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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.

443 K 4.0/5 (46 reviews)

20 min.

Easy

0.50 €

175 ml

6 Ingredients

Last modified on: June 13^th 2024

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For 175 ml, you will need:

1 1 tablespoon butter
2 1 tablespoon flour
3 1 glass milk
4 grated nutmeg
5 salt
6 pepper

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Times for this recipe

Preparation: 3 min.

Cooking: 15 min.

All in all: 20 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 3 min.

Melt 1 tablespoon butter in a pan on low heat.

When it sizzles, add 1 tablespoon 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 1 glass 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 (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	7 RDI=3 %	20 RDI=2 %	20 RDI=3 %	280 RDI=10 %	1,160 RDI: 10 %
Per 100 g	5 RDI=2 %	10 RDI=1 %	10 RDI=2 %	200 RDI=10 %	830 RDI: 10 %

The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,000 k-calories (or 8,400 k-joules) per day for a woman Change to a man

Possible allergens in this recipe: milk, Gluten

How much will it cost?

For 175 ml : 0.25 €

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