Recipes · Sauces & Dressings · American

White Sauce

  • Family Recipe

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Melt fat in pan
  2. Stir in flour and salt
  3. Slowly stir in milk to make a smooth mixture
  4. Cook and stir near med heat until mixture comes to boiling
  5. Lower heat
  6. Cook and stir about 3 minutes until thickened
  7. Makes 1 cup of white sauce.

Notes

For a thinner sauce, use only 1 Tbsp fat and 1 Tbsp Flour instead of 2.

Use thick sauce for creamed vegetables, eggs, meats, poultry, or fish.

Use thin for sauces for soups