Béchamel Sauce with Thyme
A perfect finishing touch for your main course!
Katerina
Recipe author
Béchamel Sauce with Thyme
Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 16 %
3 g
Fats 32 %
6 g
Carbohydrates 53 %
10 g
108 kcal
GI:
67
/
0
/
33
- Béchamel (or white sauce) is loved the world over. Many cooks even call it the king of sauces. It's wonderfully versatile: it pairs beautifully with meat, fish, and vegetables. It's easy to adapt and can serve as the base for any number of other sauces (just stir in whatever complementary ingredients you like). On top of all that, béchamel is simple to make and well within anyone's reach. So let's get started on our white sauce. Pour the milk into a saucepan, finely chop the onion, and mince the herbs. Set the pan over low heat and add the chopped onion and herbs along with the nutmeg, then season with salt and pepper to taste. Bring it just to a boil, immediately pull it off the heat, and let it steep for an hour, then strain it through a fine sieve. In a separate saucepan, melt the butter over the heat. Stir in the flour and cook, stirring, for a minute or two. As soon as it comes together into a smooth paste, gradually pour in the infused milk from the first pan, whisking so no lumps form. Bring it to a boil, stirring constantly.
Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish
- Whole cow's milk - 68 kcal/100g
- Milk 3.5% fat content - 64 kcal/100g
- Milk 3.2% fat content - 60 kcal/100g
- Milk 1.5% fat content - 47 kcal/100g
- Concentrated milk 7.5% fat content - 140 kcal/100g
- Milk 2.5% fat content - 54 kcal/100g
- Bay leaf - 313 kcal/100g
- Parsley greens - 45 kcal/100g
- Thyme - 101 kcal/100g
- Dried thyme - 276 kcal/100g
- Thyme - 276 kcal/100g
- Butter 82% - 734 kcal/100g
- Amateur unsalted butter - 709 kcal/100g
- Unsalted peasant butter - 661 kcal/100g
- Peasant salted butter - 652 kcal/100g
- Melted butter - 869 kcal/100g
- Onion - 41 kcal/100g
- Wheat flour - 325 kcal/100g
- Pepper - 26 kcal/100g
- Table salt - 0 kcal/100g
- Nutmeg - 556 kcal/100g
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