Basic White Sauce
White sauce is easy to make and can be used as the base for many other sauces by adding some extra ingredients. You can easily double or triple the quantities of the ingredients to suit your needs.
Ingredients
2 tablespoons of butter
2 tablespoons of plain flour
2 cups milk
1/4 teaspoon salt
Method
1. Melt butter in a saucepan over low heat.
2. Add flour and combine with a whisk.
3. Slowly add the milk, continuing to stir with a whisk to produce a smooth sauce.
4. Cook slowly unitl thickened.
Variations
There is millions of variations you can make to the basic white sauce. The only one I’m going to mention at this stage is that if you want a thinner sauce then use 1 tablespoon each of butter and flour, Similarly if you want a thicker white sauce then use an extra tablespoon of butter and flour.
