Homemade White Sauce
A homemade white sauce is must know for every home cook, especially if you enjoy cooking from scratch. I remember my grandma teaching me the ropes of my first white sauce, and now I'm confident enough to dolly up any white sauce for a meal.
Servings: 4
Cost: $5
Equipment
- Pan
- Fork or Whisk
- Measuring cups and spoons
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup butter
- 4 tbsp flour
- 4 cups milk
- 1/4 tsp salt to taste
- 1/4 tsp pepper to taste
Instructions
- Melt butter in a saucepan, stove on medium-high
- Add 1 tbsp of flour at a time, whisking vigorously to combine the flour with the butter before adding the next tbsp of flour. Stove on medium heat
- Once all the flour is incorporated with the butter, let the butter and flour cook for about 2 minutes and continue to whisk
- Add 1 cup of milk and whisk the butter into the flour until incorporated. This may take 2-3 minutes, turn the stove down or remove pan from the heat for a moment if necessary
- Once the butter is well incorporated, add the rest of the milk. Keep the stove on low so that the milk doesn't burn to the bottom of the pan
- Stir occasionally until the sauce thickens. It could take about 10-15 minutes
Video
Notes
Note: You could use a whisk instead of a fork for the whisking if you'd like. I prefer to use a fork because I find it more responsive to the movements of my hand.