Basic Bechamel Sauce

Recipe Ingredients

2 tablespoons	30ml	Butter
2 tablespoons	30ml	Chopped onions
2 tablespoons	30ml	Flour
2 1/2 cups	592ml	Hot milk
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Salt
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	White pepper
1		Grated nutmeg

Recipe Instructions

In small, heavy saucepan, melt butter. As soon as butter is melted, add onions and cook over medium flame for 3 minutes, or until onions begin to turn golden. Stir in flour.

Stir in milk and cook, stirring constantly until smooth. Add salt, pepper, and nutmeg, and cook over low flame for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Strain.

Bechamel sauce may be prepared in advance, and keeps well in refrigerator for more than two weeks.

Makes 2 cups of sauce.

Source:
THE ART OF FRENCH COOKING by Fernande Garvin

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