Sauces
Bechamel Sauce
Prep 20 mins. /Cook 25 mins.
Makes 1 litre
Easy
Bechamel Sauce
Method
- Melt butter in a medium saucepan over low heat.
- Add flour, stir over low heat for 2 minutes until you have a smooth paste.
- Slowly add milk and cream. Continue to stir until sauce is smooth and thick. Remove from heat and cover with a lid. Allow to cool for 10 minutes.
- Stir in the grated parmesan cheese. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Melting Butter
Avoid a "floury" white sauce
At the beginning of a white sauce always cook off the butter and flour over low heat for 1 minute to ensure the finished sauce doesn’t have a “floury” flavour. Remove from the heat before whisking in milk and returning back to the heat to thicken.
Runny white sauce?
If your white sauce isn’t thick enough, you can whisk in a little cornflour and water paste or begin again by making another roux and whisking in the runny white sauce in place of the milk.
IN THIS RECIPE
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Reheating Hollandaise or Béarnaise sauce?
Never microwave! These are fragile emulsions and will split. Reheat by gently whisking over a double boiler on low heat. If the emulsion begins to split, try whisking in a spoonful of warm water, never add more butter.