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Béchamel Sauce (Louisiannaise)

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Prep: 0 min Cook: 0 min Difficulty: medium

Categories: Sauce

Tags: creole, easy, french, louisiana, recipes for béchamel sauce, recipes using bay leaf, recipes using butter, recipes using cow milk, recipes using wheat flour, recipes without cooking time, recipes without servings

Source: Wikibooks contributors (https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook%3AB%C3%A9chamel_Sauce_%28Louisiannaise%29)

Adapted: Imported and reformatted by HowManyCookies from the cited Wikibooks revision.

Source revision: https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook%3AB%C3%A9chamel%20Sauce%20%28Louisiannaise%29&oldid=4523389

License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) · Wikibooks contributors

Ingredients

  • 1 cup milk
  • ¼ ea. onion or 2 garlic cloves
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1–2 tbsp butter
  • 1–2 tbsp flour
  • Salt
  • Pepper

Directions

  1. Warm the milk, then add the onion and bay leaf. Steep for 15 minutes.
  2. Melt the butter in a saucepan.
  3. Whisk in the flour, and cook on medium to medium-high heat to make a roux.
  4. Gradually whisk in the milk.
  5. Cook, stirring constantly, until thick.
  6. Season with salt and pepper.