Chef John's White Sauce recipe

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Ingredients

½ cup butter
½ cup flour
1 quart milk
4 sprigs fresh thyme, chopped
⅛ teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
salt
1 pinch cayenne pepper, or more to taste

Nutrition Info

191.7 calories
carbohydrate: 11.8 g
cholesterol: 40.3 mg
fat: 14 g
fiber: 0.3 g
protein: 5 g
saturatedFat: 8.8 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 131.9 mg
sugar: 5.8 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Melt butter in a saucepan over low heat. Stir in flour and cook for about 5 minutes.

  2. Stir in 1 cup cold milk, about 1 minute. Stir in second cup of milk for an additional minute.

  3. Stir in remaining 2 cups of milk, cayenne pepper, salt, thyme, and nutmeg, bring to a simmer over low heat until sauce begins to thicken, about 10 minutes.

Recipe Yield

4 cups

Recipe Note

White sauce is one of the “mother sauces” in traditional culinary training and is used in many popular dishes.

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