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Béchamel sauce
Sauce of the French cuisines / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"White sauce" redirects here. For the sauce used on fettuccine Alfredo, see Alfredo sauce. For the condiment associated with American halal street carts, see halal cart.
Béchamel sauce (/ˌbeɪʃəˈmɛl/, French: [beʃamɛl]) is one of the mother sauces of French cuisine.
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Alternative names | White sauce |
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Type | Sauce |
Place of origin | France |
Main ingredients | Butter, flour, milk |
Variations | Mornay sauce, cardinal sauce, Nantua sauce, Breton sauce, suprême sauce, soubise sauce |
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This sauce is made from a white roux (butter and flour) and milk,[1] seasoned with ground nutmeg.[2]