Basic White Sauce With Variations

Name: Basic White Sauce With Variations
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 2 cups dip
Ingredients: 1/4 cup butter; 1/4 cup flour; 2 cups warm milk; salt; white pepper; 2 cups well-flavored chicken stock; 1 cup shredded cheese, of choice

Submitted by Lorraine of AZ

"Basic white sauce is an ingredient used in many dishes. Here is the way to make it. Then you can add an ingredient and make a different, more flavorful sauce."

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Ready In:: 15mins
Ingredients:: 7
Yields:: 2 cups dip

ingredients

White Sauce
¹⁄₄ cup butter
¹⁄₄ cup flour
2 cups warm milk
salt
white pepper
Veloute Sauce
2 cups well-flavored chicken stock
Cheese Sauce
1 cup shredded cheese, of choice

directions

In a saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat. Stir in the flour and cook 2 minutes to cook away the raw taste of the flour.
Add the milk all at once. Stir well, and continue heating until mixture comes to a boil. It will thicken as it heats.
Season to taste with salt and white pepper.
To make Veloute Sauce: Substitute the chicken stock for the milk.
To make Cheese Sauce: Stir in shredded cheese of choice into the cooked Basic White Sauce and stir until melted.