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White Sauce (Béchamel)

A classic Western mother sauce, commonly used on pizza and bread.

55 min
Easy
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White Sauce (Béchamel)

Ingredients

onion, chopped 2
unsalted butter 800 g
cake flour 800 g
milk (preferably preheated beforehand) 9 L
salt 24 g
ground black pepper 8 g

Instructions

1

Sauté the aromatics

Sauté the onion and butter over low heat until fragrant.

2

Cook the flour

Add the cake flour and cook until fully cooked through.

3

Add the milk

Gradually add 1 L of the milk, stirring well and being careful not to form lumps. Add the remaining 8 L of milk (preferably preheated beforehand) and cook until slightly thickened.

4

Season and cool

Season with salt and black pepper, then pour into a shallow pan and set aside to cool.