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A silky and very tasteful béchamel sauce that is easy to make. Ready in just a few minutes and for all your dishes. Give it a try!
In two words:
“They were in the morning like silk black threads”.
To Start...
difficulty – easy
preparation– 5’
cooking - until the béchamel coats a spoon
serves - 4 parts
To Sum-up...
Ingredients
- 35gr of butter
- 35gr of flour
- 40gr of grated comté cheese or gruyere
- 400ml of milk
- freshly grated nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon of fleur de sel or coarse salt
- 5 turn mills of Kampot black pepper
Steps
- Add the butter into a hot sauce pan
- Once it’s melted, add all the flour at once
- Stir everything together
- When the smell of the flour is gone, add slowly the milk and stir with a wooden spoon
- Once the sauce coats the spoon, it’s ready
- Remove it from the heat
- Pass the sauce through a sieve to remove the lumps
- Add the salt and stir
- Add the cheese and stir until it melts
- Add as much of grated nutmeg you wish
- Add the black pepper and stir
- Ready and really tasteful!
Inspiration
The béchamel sauce of the French site marmiton.
o-o C'est si bon ! o-o
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