Béchamel sauce

[jcallaghan]

Ingredients

• 50g butter
• 50g flour
• 500ml milk
• Seasoning (I prefer white pepper)
• 100g cheddar cheese
• Nutmeg

Method

1. Melt the butter in a pan.
2. Add the flour and stir until you had a dough.
3. Gradually add the milk stirring with a whisk.
4. Keep adding the milk and stirring until you have a nice thick sauce without any lumps.
5. Stir in the cheese.
6. Add the seasoning and pinch of nutmeg.

[jcallaghan]

Ingredients

• 425ml/15fl oz milk
• a few parsley stalks
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 blade of mace or a pinch of powdered mace (optional)
• 10 whole black peppercorns
• 1 slice onion, 1/4 inch (5 mm) thick
• 40g/1½oz butter
• 20g/¾oz plain flour
• salt and freshly milled black pepper

BBC Food

Béchamel sauce recipe

Delia' shows you how to make béchamel sauce, using a mixture of butter and flour called a roux. Béchamel sauce is one of the French "mother sauce" recipes.