White Sauce

Name: White Sauce
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 1 pint, 4 serving(s)
Ingredients: 2 ounces butter; 2 ounces plain flour; 1 pint milk; salt and pepper

Submitted by Ailsa of New Zealand

"Coating White Sauce"

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photo by Leslie

Ready In:: 10mins
Ingredients:: 4
Yields:: 1 pint
Serves:: 4

ingredients

2 ounces butter
2 ounces plain flour
1 pint milk
salt and pepper

directions

Melt butter in a saucepan over a moderate heat.
Add flour and beat until smooth, remove from the heat.
Add milk, a little at a time, and beat well.
Bring to the boil and cook gently for 2-3 minutes, stirring all the time. This completes the cooking of the starch in the flour.
Rich White Sauce: Add an extra 2 oz butter to the completed sauce after it has cooled slightly.

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Reviews

This was so easy and so yummy! I used it to make Ailsa's cheesy cauliflower. Great sauce here and I'll continue to try it on a number of other dishes.

A Good Thing
You have got this recipe down. Great! A basic sauce that you can dress up with cheese, or with herbs or spices

Montana Heart Song
Perfect white sauce, the amounts given were just right. This made a lovely smooth white sauce, just right for making a creamy cheese sauce out of it! Thanks for posting! Made for PAC Spring 2007

Leslie
I'm going on 64 years of age, everyone I know has been making white sauce all my life here in the United States. It is good over almost any type of green vegetables, chicken, pork, etc.

Alan Leonetti