Bechamel with nutmeg

Bechamel - easy to prepare, exquisite in taste! The main white sauce is a classic of the genre.
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Composition / ingredients

servings:
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Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 15 % 4 g
Fats 44 % 12 g
Carbohydrates 41 % 11 g
168 kcal
GI: 36 / 0 / 64

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 20 min
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    For the preparation of the recipe "Bechamel sauce classic&take butter (good, not lower than 82.5% fat content, I do not recommend using the other from experience at all), milk, wheat flour, salt and nutmeg. The latter can be either in the form of a ready-made powder, or - and this is undoubtedly much better - a natural nutmeg, which will need to be grated on a fine grater. I have just such a nut brought by a friend from Tunisia.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    The first step will be to heat the milk well - not to a boil, but close to it, the milk should be "well warm".

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Melt the butter in a saucepan. It is convenient to use saucepans with non-stick coating, you can also take a frying pan - it depends on the volume of sauce that you plan to cook.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Now you need to pour a spoonful or two of wheat flour directly into the flour in a saucepan and rub it well together with butter.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    This is convenient to do with a silicone or wooden spatula. All actions are performed on the stove on the slowest fire.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    Now our task is to mix all the milk into the mixture of milk and butter. We do this gradually, adding milk literally one or two spoonfuls at a time, immediately picking it up with a spatula and rubbing it into the sauce.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7.

    Our bechamel sauce will gradually thicken, when we introduce all the milk, its density should be like not too greasy sour cream - it should drain with a medium density trickle.

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8.

    Now let's add grated nutmeg to the end, warm it up again and that's it - our classic bechamel sauce is ready!

  9. Step 9:

    Step 9.

    This sauce is the basis of many dishes, such as lasagna, pasta, and also well-known and not very other sauces are prepared on its basis.

  10. Step 10:

    Step 10.

    The classic bechamel sauce is ready!

Bechamel (also simply called white sauce) is one of the most common and famous sauces. This sauce has an exquisite aroma and a hidden taste - the Italians and the French argue for the primacy of its origin, and not without reason at all. But let's leave their disputes, and say only that this sauce first conquered Europe, and then spread all over the world.
Bechamel is a base sauce, it is used both independently and as a basis for cooking many dishes and sauces. For example, morne sauce (served with seafood, parmesan is included in its composition), soubise (onion is added, ideal for fish and poultry), etc .

Calorie content of products possible in 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
  • 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
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g
  • Wheat flour - 325   kcal/100g
  • Nutmeg - 556   kcal/100g

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