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White Sauce (Cheesy or Not) Medium Sauce
"This is a medium white sauce, to be used on creamed casseroles, scalloped foods, etc."
- Ready In:
- 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 4
- Yields:
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2 cups
- Serves:
- 1
ingredients
directions
- Melt butter over low heat in sauce pan.
- Blend in flour and seasoning over low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture is smooth and bubbly.
- Allow to cook for at least 1 minute to eliminate raw flour flavor.
- Remove from heat, SLOWLY add milk, stirring constantly to make a smooth paste; stir in remaining milk.
- Return to heat, stirring constantly.
- Bring to a boil again and keep stirring until thickened.
- If you want cheesy white sauce, add 1/2 cup shredded cheese (you can add as much cheese as you like to make it as cheesy as you wish).
- Cover pan with tight fitting lid to prevent film formation until sauce is to be used.
- Use on creamed and scalloped foods, sauces, gravies and in vegetable dips.
Questions & Replies
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This was an easy and wonderful recipe to dress up some vegetables that I cooked, thank you for making this (I substituted GF flour 1:1 and it worked excellently)
Reviews
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This is a great recipe. I sometimes spice it up a bit by putting 4 whole cloves 8 whole peppercorns and 2 bay leaves in the milk then bring that to a simmer and then take it off the heat and let it sit for 15 mins or so then strain the milk. It really doesn't much extra effort and you can really taste the difference. Oh and if you feel the urge you can put just a pinch of nutmeg in the sauce just after it has thickened and before you take it off the heat. -
why does it make 2 cups of white sauce when you use only 1 cup of milk? -
Excellent sauce. Can be used for many different dishes. Try it with 1 cup of cheese (any kind) over any pasta and cooked diced chicken. Remember if your in a hurry, chicken can be puchased already diced and cooked as well as pasta. Add some spices and peas and you have a meal. I also like adding peas, ham and sliced onions to scalloped potatoes using white sauce for another quick meal. -
This is the traditional medium white sauce recipe I learned in cooking class 50 years ago. I add significantly more shredded cheese, greek seasoning, and a good quality mustard to bring out the cheddar flavor. -
How, pray tell, does one cup of milk produce TWO cups of sauce??? Very misleading.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Darlene Summers
Carterville, Illinos
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