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Béchamel Sauce Recipe
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Béchamel Sauce Recipe

7 ingredients 2 cups openrecipes
Béchamel Sauce Recipe

Béchamel, a flour-thickened milk sauce, is one of the basic "mother sauces" of classic French cooking. It's found in pasta dishes such as Lasagne alla Bolognese...

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

764
Calories
22g
Protein
22g
Fat
119g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 7 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Nutmeg 1 tsp ground (2.2g) 12
Bay Leaf 1 leaf (0.6g) 2
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter (1/2 stick)
  • 1/4 cup minced shallots (optional)
  • 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • 2 cups warm whole milk
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt

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By chow · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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