Ingredients
25g butter or baking fat/block
25g plain flour
300ml milk
Equipment
Saucepan, measuring jug, wooden spoon.
Method
- Melt the butter/baking fat in a saucepan over a medium heat. Pour in the flour off the heat and stir well. This should make a thick paste. Cook paste for one minute or until it bubbles.
- Slowly add a little milk off the heat. Bring to the boil.
- Add a little more milk off the heat. Bring back to the boil again.
- Continue to add the milk in this way, making sure the mixture boils each time, until all the milk has been used.
- Taste and season with pepper if necessary.
Top tips:
- To make a cheese sauce, add 75g grated cheese off the heat once the sauce is cooked. The heat of the sauce will melt the cheese.
Food skills:

Weigh

Measure

Melt, simmer and boil

Mix, Stir & Combine

Whisk
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