Simple bechamel sauce recipe with step by step pictures. White sauce is one of the popular mother sauce recipe.
White Sauce Recipe
I love bechamel sauces, there are creamy and can be used in many many recipes. I was wondering why i didn't share the recipe of this till now, because this is one of the five mother sauces of the culinary world.
Bechamel sauce is nothing but a roux which is made with butter and flour which is then mixed with milk to thicken it and make it creamy. Add this to pasta and give a quick blitz in oven, you are good to go..So yum..Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you. You will be needing this for my next recipe veggie pasta bake.
How to Make Bechamel Sauce
- Heat butter in a pan, add in flour and mix for a min till the raw flour taste goes away.
- Slowly add in milk and keep whisking. Bring it to a boil. The sauce will thicken.
- When the sauce coats the back of the spoon then it is done, it will thicken as it cools.
- Add in nutmeg, salt and pepper. Whisk well.
- Pour this in a container. Cover it with plastic wrap, make sure the top of the sauce touches the plastic wrap this prevents a skin from forming.
- Store in fridge and use as needed.
- Keeps well for 3 to 4 days.
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Bechamel Sauce Recipe | White Sauce Recipe | White Sauce for Pasta
Ingredients
- All Purpose Flour / Maida - ¼ cup
- Butter - ¼ cup
- Milk - 4 cups
- Nutmeg Powder - a pinch may be ⅛th tsp
- Salt to taste
- Pepper to taste
Instructions
- Heat butter in a pan, add in flour and mix for a min till the raw flour taste goes away.
- Slowly add in milk and keep whisking. Bring it to a boil. The sauce will thicken.
- When the sauce coats the back of the spoon then it is done, it will thicken as it cools.
- Add in nutmeg, salt and pepper. Whisk well.
- Pour this in a container. Cover it with plastic wrap, make sure the top of the sauce touches the plastic wrap this prevents a skin from forming.
- Store in fridge and use as needed.
- Keeps well for 3 to 4 days.
White Sauce with Step by Step pictures
Thana
Hi Arthi JI how many days can store in fridge
Aarthi
@Thanathis keeps good for 5 to 7 days
Shaheen
Hi Arthi, looks tempting but want to ask can we use any other flour or cornflour to make this.
Want to make vegetable baked pasta tomorrow so pls reply fast
Thanx
Aarthi
@Shaheenno this is what has to be used