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Aunty Carol's White Sauce Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
To make a perfect white sauce for cauliflower or broccoli use the 1-1-1 method (as Ganelle Bakke explained).

1 Tablespoon Butter / Margarine
1 Tablespoon Flour
1 Cup Milk
Pepper to taste
A little grated nutmeg for extra flavour




Directions:
Directions:
Heat pot to melt butter into flour to create a "paste" called a roux.

Slowly add in milk, stirring quickly with a whisk until sauce begins to thicken

When consistency of a thick sauce (not too runny, not too thick) take off of burner.

This is a "hands-on" sauce to cook - if you leave the mixture without stirring the pot will burn quickly and burnt milk is never easy to clean.
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
1 cup
Preparation Time:
Preparation Time:
10 min
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
A family favourite especially at Christmas and Thanksgiving has always been Cauliflower and Brussel Sprouts with a cream sauce or using this same sauce and making a cheese sauce by adding in cheddar cheese for broccoli.

This is also the start of a good cream soup if you add in some chicken stock and your vegetables...

 

 

 

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