Ingredients

How to make it

  • Make cut in onion and slide bay leaf in.
  • Stick cloves into onion
  • Place onion into milk and nutmeg into saucepan over medium heat
  • In separate pan cook butter and flour for about 5 minutes, stirring constantly, but do not brown. Remember, this is a white sauce.
  • when milk is fairly hot, pour small amount into cooled down roux
  • Stir to blend
  • Return to remaining milk in saucepan and simmer for 15 minutes, stirring frequently
  • Season to taste with salt and white pepper(
  • ( Note: Use white pepper sparingly, it doesn't take much)
  • sauce can be used as for cream sauce or use as base and add other ingredients such as cheese, shellfish, etc., for other sauces.

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