Basic White Sauce

6 ingredients
13 steps

Ingredients

  • 3 Tbsp. butter
  • 2 c. milk, scalded
  • 1/4 tsp. white pepper
  • 3 Tbsp. flour
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 1 or 2 egg yolks (optional)

Directions

  1. 1
    Melt butter in a saucepan;
  2. 2
    add flour and cook over low heat 1 or 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Add
  3. 3
    milk
  4. 4
    and keep stirring until thick and smooth.
  5. 5
    Add
  6. 6
    seasoning
  7. 7
    and
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    simmer. To enrich white sauce, combine 1 or 2 egg
  9. 9
    yolks with 1 tablespoon sauce and add, beating well while sauce is hot.
  10. 10
    You may thin sauce to desired consistency by adding a little hot milk. This sauce may be used in ala king,
  11. 11
    macaroni,
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    cream
  13. 13
    soup or whenever cream sauce is called for.

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