Recipe for White Sauce?

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April 30, 20130 found this helpful

White Sauce

Makes 1 cup
Five Roses Cookbook

2 tablespoons butter

2 tablespoons all-purpose flour

1 cup milk

¼ teaspoon salt

teaspoon pepper

Melt butter in a small saucepan. Slowly stir in flour; cook and stir over medium heat, 3 to 5 minutes after mixture bubbles. Gradually stir in milk. Add seasonings. Cook, stirring constantly, until mixture is smooth and thick and comes to a boil.

Thin White Sauce
Follow above recipe but use only 1 tablespoon each of butter and flour.

Thick White Sauce
Follow above recipe but use 4 tablespoons each of butter and flour.

Cream Sauce
Make White Sauce using cream instead of milk.

Cheese Sauce
Make White Sauce and add 24 tablespoons grated cheese to hot sauce; stir over low heat until cheese melts.

Asparagus Sauce
Make White Sauce and add a little of the hot sauce to 1 egg yolk; stir and return to sauce and cook 1 minute longer. Add ½ cup cooked or canned asparagus.

Parsley Sauce
Make White Sauce and add 1 tablespoon parsley.

Curry Sauce
Make White Sauce and add ¼ to ½ teaspoon curry powder.

Horse-Radish Sauce
Make White Sauce and add 1½ tablespoons grated horse-radish.

Velouté Sauce
Heat 1 cup milk in top of double boiler. Add to it a little celery, carrot and ½ bay leaf. Cook for 20 minutes over boiling water. Strain. Use this milk for making White Sauce.