Creamy Bechamel Sauce with Nutmeg

Bechamel is easy to prepare and delicious in taste! Basic white sauce is a classic of the genre.
cook time: 20 min
Hazel Farrow
Creamy Bechamel Sauce with Nutmeg

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

172
Calories
12g
Fat
11g
Carbs
4g
Protein

Ingredients (6 portions)

Basic:

Salt to taste
Nutmeg 0.5 tsp
Wheat flour 40 g
Butter 40 g
Milk 300 ml

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
To prepare the “Classic Bechamel Sauce” recipe, take butter (good, no less than 82.5% fat, I don’t recommend using anything else from experience), milk, wheat flour, salt and nutmeg. The latter can be either in the form of a ready-made powder, or — and this is undoubtedly much better — natural nutmeg, which will need to be grated on a fine grater. I have just such a nut, brought by a friend from Tunisia.

Step 2

Step 2
The first step will be to heat the milk well — not to a boil, but close to it, the milk should be "nicely warm".

Step 3

Step 3
Melt the butter in a saucepan. It is convenient to use saucepans with a non-stick coating; you can also take a frying pan — it depends on the volume of sauce that you plan to prepare.

Step 4

Step 4
Now you need to pour a spoon or two of wheat flour directly into the flour in a saucepan and grind it well together with the butter.

Step 5

Step 5
This is convenient to do with a silicone or wooden spatula. We perform all actions on the stove over the lowest heat.

Step 6

Step 6
Now our task is to mix all the milk into the milk and butter mixture. We do this gradually, adding milk literally one or two spoons at a time, immediately picking it up with a spatula and rubbing it into the sauce.

Step 7

Step 7
Our bechamel sauce will gradually thicken when we add all the milk; its thickness should be like not too fatty sour cream — it should flow in a medium-thick stream.

Step 8

Step 8
Now add grated nutmeg to finish, heat it up again and that’s it — our classic bechamel sauce is ready!

Step 9

Step 9
This sauce is the basis of many dishes, such as lasagna, pasta, and well-known and not so other sauces are also prepared on its basis.

Step 10

Step 10
Classic bechamel sauce is ready!

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