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Bechamel Sauce Recipe | White Sauce Recipe | White Sauce for Pasta

Simple bechamel sauce recipe with step by step pictures. White sauce is one of the popular mother sauce recipe.
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Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes
Servings: 4 cups

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.
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