Bechamel sauce (white sauce)

Bechamel Sauce

Also known as white sauce. This sauce can be used in various french, Italian recipes. This sauce also serves as base of cheese sauce. Its super smooth in texture and requires no special ingredients.

Ingredients (For about 200ml sauce)
2 tbsp unsalted butter
2 tbsp all purpose flour
250 ml milk (any milk shall do)
pinch of salt


Method:
Melt butter in heavy bottom sauce pan. Once butter has melted take out pan and start incorporating flour slowly while stirring. Put pan back on medium heat and let mixture bubble a bit, make sure mixture does not become brownish. Start adding milk into slowly into mixture and keep stirring while doing so. This avoid lump formations so its essential step. Bring milk to boil and then lower the flame and cook for about 2-3 minutes more. This sauce thickens and reduces as it cooks so that's your sign to check for doneness. Add in pinch of salt and give it nice stir. Take out flame and cover sauce surface with wax paper or non-reactive film  to avoid skin formation on milk.

Bechamel/White sauce

That's it your bechamel sauce/white sauce is ready. Let it cool before using in any recipe.