White Sauce (Béchamel)
A classic Western mother sauce, commonly used on pizza and bread.
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.