Béchamel sauce

Total: 20 min. | Active: 20 min.
vegetarian

Ingredients

for 4 dl

To cook the flour
2 tbsp butter
2 tbsp white flour
Béchamel sauce
3 dl milk
1 dl single cream
¼ tsp salt
a little  pepper
a little  nutmeg
Cheese sauce
50 g grated Sbrinz

How it's done

To cook the flour

Heat the butter in a pan. Cook the flour in the warm butter over a medium heat, stirring with a whisk. The flour must not take on any colour. Remove the pan from the heat.

Béchamel sauce

Add the milk and cream to the flour in one go, bring to the boil while stirring, reduce the heat. Season the sauce, simmer over a medium heat for approx. 10 mins., stirring occasionally until the sauce is thick and creamy.

Cheese sauce

Béchamel sauce can easily be turned into a cheese sauce. Simply mix the cheese into the Béchamel sauce, season.

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