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Easy Béchamel Sauce (White Sauce)

Ingredient Amount Calories
Butter without salt 70.875g 508kcal
Wheat flour, white, all-purpose, enriched, bleached 70.875g 258kcal
Milk, whole 976g 586kcal

Recipe Tags:

Food

Recipe Instructions:

4 cups whole milk
2.5 ounces butter cut in small cubes
2.5 ounces all purpose flour
salt
white pepper
nutmeg

Directions
Warm the milk.
Sift the flour twice to lighten it.
In a pan, melt the cut up butter until it starts to sizzle. When it stops sizzling, add the flour all at once and whisk continuously over low heat until well blended and almost dry.
Slowly whisk in the warm milk, stirring constantly. When it's creamy, whisking over low heat to cook the flour for 12 minutes, or until your desired consistency is reached.
Season to taste with salt, pepper and nutmeg.
Other ingredients you can add to change the taste: curry or all spice for a vegetable gratin, or Emmenthal cheese for a potato gratin.

Nutrition Facts
Portion Size 1118 g | ml
Amount Per Portion 1352
5656
kcal
kilojoules
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 89g 115%
Saturated Fat 76g 379%
Sodium 380mg 17%
Total Carbohydrate 100g 36%
Dietary Fiber 1.9g 7%
Sugar 47g
Protein 75g 150%
Vitamin D 11mcg 54%
Calcium 1228mg 94%
Iron 3.3mg 18%
Potassium 1557mg 33%
* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contribute to a daily diet. 2000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.
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Vitamins
Nutrient Amount DV
Vitamin A 797.105 mcg 89%
Thiamin [B1] 1.106 mg 92%
Riboflavin [B2] 1.721 mg 132%
Niacin [B3] 5.239 mg 33%
Pantothenic acid [B5] 0.388 mg 8%
Vitamin B6 0.629 mg 37%
Cobalamin [B12] 5.391 mcg 0%
Floate [B9] 208.373 mcg 0%
Vitamin C 0 mg 0%
Vitamin D 10.736 mcg 54%
Vitamin E 2.175 mg 14%
Vitamin K 8.102 mcg 7%
Betaine 49.825 mg 0%
Choline 194.424 mg 35%
Carbohydrates
Nutrient Amount DV
Total carbohydrate 99.7 g 36%
Sugars 47.2 g 94%
Dietary fiber 1.9 g 7%
Carbohydrate 0 g 0%
Net carbs 52.5g
Aminoacids
Nutrient Amount DV
Alanine 0.256 g 0%
Arginine 0.318 g 0%
Aspartic acid 0.354 g 0%
Cysteine 0.161 g 0%
Glutamic acid 2.592 g 0%
Glycine 0.276 g 0%
Histidine 0.179 g 0%
Isoleucine 0.289 g 0%
Leucine 0.562 g 0%
Lysine 0.209 g 0%
Methionine 0.145 g 0%
Phenylalanine 0.398 g 0%
Proline 0.907 g 0%
Serine 0.398 g 0%
Threonine 0.226 g 0%
Tryptophan 0.099 g 0%
Tyrosine 0.25 g 0%
Valine 0.335 g 0%
Minerals
Nutrient Amount DV
Calcium 1228.12 mg 94%
Copper 0.11 mg 13%
Fluoride 1.98 mcg 0%
Iron 3.3 mg 18%
Magnesium 134.13 mg 32%
Manganese 0.49 mg 21%
Phosphorus 1079.32 mg 86%
Potassium 1556.85 mg 33%
Selenium 43.28 mcg 79%
Sodium 380.09 mg 17%
Zinc 4.5 mg 41%
Other
Nutrient Amount DV
Water 879.751 g 0%
Ash 0.397 g 0%