• 2 tablespoons butter
• ⅛ teaspoon pepper
• 2 tablespoons flour
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup hot milk

Melt the butter in a saucepan. Remove from fire and mix with flour. Cook until it bubbles, then add ⅔ of the hot milk at once and the rest gradually and boil, stirring constantly until the mixture thickens. Season and serve hot.