White Sauce

Preparation info
  • About

    1 cup

    .
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Craig Claiborne’s Kitchen Primer

By Craig Claiborne

Published 1969

  • About

By far the most important sauce in Western cuisine is what is known variously as white sauce, cream sauce, and velouté.

There are only five essentials for making the basic sauce: butter, flour, a liquid, a saucepan, and something to stir with. The best thing to stir with is a wire whisk.

If you will study the following you will know all there is to know about making this sauce.

Ingredients

Method