Basic Cream Sauce Recipe

Name: Basic Cream Sauce Recipe
Prep time: 2 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 2 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons butter; 2 tablespoons flour; 1 cup milk; pinch salt

2 mins prepServes 8

This easy cream sauce recipe makes a rich, velvety white sauce that’s perfect for casseroles, veggies, pasta, or soups. Just 4 ingredients and 12 minutes!

8 servings

What you need

2 tbsp butter

2 tbsp flour

1 cup milk, whole milk or evaporated milk is best

1 pinch salt

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0 Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium low heat.
1 Add 2 tablespoons of flour to melted butter and stir with a whisk to prevent any lumps.
2 Add salt and pepper to taste.
3 Cook, stirring constantly and scraping the bottom of the pan to keep it from sticking for 2 minutes.
4 Pour 1 cup of milk slowly into the butter-flour mixture while whisking constantly, making sure there are no lumps.
5 It will start thickening.
7 Continue to simmer and stir until thickened.
8 Remove from heat and use as desired.

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