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White Sauce

Makes / serves: About 600g sauce

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Method

  1. Melt butter, stir in flour and cook gently 2 minutes.
  2. Gradually whisk in milk until smooth.
  3. Simmer gently 5–8 minutes, stirring, until thick and flour taste gone.
  4. Season with pepper and nutmeg; salt according to intended cheese or filling.
Recipe details

1:1:10 means butter and flour in grams, milk in millilitres. Finished sauce volume differs from milk volume.