Recipe - Making White Sauce Information

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Thin White Sauce:

: 1 tablespoon butter or fat
: 1 tablespoon flour
One fourth teaspoon salt
: 1 cup milk, cream, or stock

Medium White Sauce:

: 2 tablespoon butter or fat
: 2 tablespoon flour
One fourth teaspoon salt
: 1 cup milk, cream, or stock

Thick White Sauce:

: 3 tablespoon butter or fat
: 3 tablespoon flour
One fourth teaspoon salt
: 1 cup milk, cream, or stock

Use methods 1, 2, or 3 (below). Makes 1 cup sauce.

WHITE SAUCE USES:

Thin Sauce ..... Use as base for cream soups and other sauces. Medium Sauce
... Use for creamed and scalloped dishes, and gravies. Thick Sauce .... Use
for croquettes and souffles.

Method 1: Melt fat, stir in flour and salt. Cook until mixure bubbles.
Remove from heat; add liquid, and stir until smooth. Cook in double boiler
or over low heat until mixture thickens, stirring constantly or not at all.

Method 2: Melt fat and remove from heat. Add flour and salt. Stir until
smooth. Add liquid gradually, stirring constantly over low heat until
mixture thickens.

Method 3: Stir enough liquid into flour and salt to form a thin smooth
paste. Scald remainder of liquid in double boiler. Add flour paste to hot
liquid, stirring constantly until mixture thickens. Cover and cook 20
minutes longer. Stir in fat just before serving. To keep hot and prevent
crust from forming over sauce, place over hot water and cover tightly.

FOR A PERFECT WHITE SAUCE

(1) Melt butter; stir in flour and salt.
(2) Add milk gradually; stir until smooth.
(3) A perfect white sauce is smooth, glossy, satiny.

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