BESCIAMELLA OR WHITE SAUCE

The white sauce or besciamella is one of the basic sauces used for a lot of preparations including the famous italian recipes like lasagna, cannelloni and vegetables in the oven.

INGREDIENTS:

- 1 liter of milk
- 80 g butter
- 60 g flour
- salt
- Nutmeg

PROCEDURE:

Boil the milk with the nutmeg and salt.

Meanwhile, prepare the roux, melt the butter to a saucepan and add the flour stirring with a whisk.

When the milk boils add the roux, stirring with a whisk always cook for a couple of minutes and the white sauce is ready.

To have a white sauce more liquid just add a little bit of milk.

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