The French béchamel sauce is one of the five basic sauces that are an integral part of French cuisine. The creamy hollandaise sauce and the tomato sauce have also found a place in the exclusive group of so-called “mother sauces” The Espagnole, also called brown sauce, as well as the basic white sauce Velouté complete the delicious five.
The following ingredients are needed for classic béChamel sauce: 50g butter 50g flour 500 ml milk 1 bay leaf Salt pepper Nutmeg, grated.