Name: Basic White Sauce (Cream Sauce or Bechamel)

Ingredients:

• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1 cup milk
• salt and pepper

Instructions:

• Melt the butter and then blend in the flour
• Remove the pan from the heat (or place it over hot water)
• Slowly add the milk, blending it in until smooth.
• Return to the heat and cook slowly, stirring constantly, until the sauce is thickened and smooth,
• Season to taste with salt and freshly ground black pepper,

Comments: For a thicker sauce, use 3 or 4 tablespoons of flour.
11/3/2016 - I used 3 tablespoons of flour and ground pepper. I spooned the sauce on steamed broccoli.

Source: The James Beard Cookbook, Newly Revised, page 399

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