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Basic white sauce

this is your sauce for lasagne,add cheese , parsley or veg

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Yields4 Servings
 1oz butter
 1 oz plain flour
 1/2pt milk
 Bay leaf
 Salt and pepper
 English mustard ( optional but needed in a cheese sauce )
1

In a saucepan or microwave gently heat the milk( put the bay leaf to infuse in the milk)

2

Put the butter into another saucepan and melt over a gentle heat

3

Add in the flour and stir, allow the mix to cook out until it has gone a straw like colour

4

Gradually add in the warm milk , whisking between each addition

5

add the salt and pepper and mustard if using

6

Keep stirring until the mixture has thickened

7

This may seem that it will never happen but just keep stirring

8

Now add in your cheese or parsley if using

9

Or omit the above step and use on your lasagne

10

Just double the quantity to make more . This sauce freezes well

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Ingredients

 1oz butter
 1 oz plain flour
 1/2pt milk
 Bay leaf
 Salt and pepper
 English mustard ( optional but needed in a cheese sauce )

Directions

1

In a saucepan or microwave gently heat the milk( put the bay leaf to infuse in the milk)

2

Put the butter into another saucepan and melt over a gentle heat

3

Add in the flour and stir, allow the mix to cook out until it has gone a straw like colour

4

Gradually add in the warm milk , whisking between each addition

5

add the salt and pepper and mustard if using

6

Keep stirring until the mixture has thickened

7

This may seem that it will never happen but just keep stirring

8

Now add in your cheese or parsley if using

9

Or omit the above step and use on your lasagne

10

Just double the quantity to make more . This sauce freezes well

Basic white sauce

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