Basic White Sauce – Quick No Roux Method
8 min
Basic White Sauce – Quick No Roux Method
Ingredients
For the white sauce base
- 100 g butter
- ½ cup plain flour / all purpose flour
- 3 cups milk
Seasoning suggestion
- 1/3 cup Parmesan cheese
- 1/2 cup cheese, grated, tasty, cheddar or shredded pizza cheese mix
- 2 tsp chicken stock sub vegetable stock or dashi powder
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
3 steps
- 1
Pop the butter, plain flour / all purpose flour and milk in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. 100 g butter, ½ cup plain flour / all purpose flour, 3 cups milk.
- 2
Keep whisking until butter has completely melted and the sauce has started to thicken, around 3 minutes. Whisking will help to avoid any lumps forming, so you have a super smooth white sauce base!
3 min - 3
Add in the grated cheese, parmesan, chicken stock, nutmeg and salt and pepper. Keep whisking until the cheese has completely melted and everything is well combined. Allow to heat through for a minute or two, then switch off the heat.
Progress
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Nutrition
Per serving (based on 4 servings)
Calories
438cal
Protein
14.0g
Carbs
21.0g
Fat
33.0g
Fiber
0.5g
Sugar
9.0g
Sodium
460mg
Saturated Fat
20.0g
