Cook the bechamel for 2 minutes after boiling over low heat without a lid.
How to make béchamel sauce
Products
Milk – 1 liter
Butter – 100 grams
Flour – 100 grams
Nutmeg – pinch
Salt – half a teaspoon
Ground black pepper – a pinch
How to make béchamel sauce
1. Put a saucepan on a low heat, add butter and melt it.
2. While stirring the butter, add flour, salt and spices and stir.
3. Add cold milk in a glass in a thin stream, stirring well each time.
4. Bring the sauce to a boil, simmer for 2 minutes over low heat until thickened.
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Bechamel should be completely lump-free. If the bechamel does not work to such an extent, you can rub it through a sieve.
Béchamel sauce variations
1. With herbs – chop parsley, green onions and dill (for 3 tablespoons) and add 5 minutes before the end of cooking.
2. With onions – in a separate frying pan, fry the onions (2 heads), chop in mashed potatoes and add to the bechamel 5 minutes before the end of cooking.
3. With ham – add grated ham (5 grams) in 100 minutes and only then salt and pepper to taste.
4. With cheese – add 200 grams of grated cheese as soon as milk is added to the bechamel.
5. With mushrooms – chop 1 cup of fried mushrooms in mashed potatoes and add 5 minutes before the end of béchamel cooking.
To taste, when cooking Bechamel sauce, add bacon, bell pepper, garlic, herbs, cinnamon, cloves, bay leaves and nutmeg.
It is recommended to pass the thickened Bechamel through a sieve to avoid lumps.
When adding additional products (such as onions) to Bechamel, it is important that when adding the product, it is at the same temperature as the butter and flour.
If the Bechamel is to be served separately, it is important that the sauce is not covered with a film. To do this, after boiling the Bechamel sauce, you need to stir a piece of butter in it (a cube with a side of 3×3 centimeters).
The calorie content of Bechamel sauce is 280 kcal.
Bechamel sauce is one of the cheapest sauces. The cost of products for the preparation of 1 liter of Bechamel sauce – from 120 rubles. (on average in Moscow as of June 2020). It is almost impossible to buy in the Bechamel store, because the shelf life is only a few hours. Bechamel sauce is prepared for 1 meal.
Bechamel sauce goes well with potatoes, mushrooms, meat and poultry. This is almost a universal sauce that can be prepared and will definitely find its use on the table.