Sauce Béchamel

It is ironic that such a lovely tasting sauce was named after such a distasteful man. Through opportunistic and sometimes fraudulent means, Louis de Béchameil (Marquis) made his fortune profiting from the chaos surrounding France’s civil war (1643-1653). While the Marquis Béchameil is sometimes attributed with inventing the sauce himself, it is more likely that a chef under his supervision was responsible. Despite the controversy, this simple combination of roux and seasoned milk rightly de