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Basic Rich White Sauce Recipe


Basic Rich White Sauce Recipe
This is a basic rich white sauce. So many times, this sauce will "make" a dish....makes it buttery, rich, and creamy. Great for creamy soups, vegetables, and many, many other dishes.

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Ingredients
  • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 4 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 2 cups light cream
  • White pepper, black pepper, optional
  • NOTE: Can substitue 1 cup of the cream with 1 cup chicken broth for chicken dishes such as Chicken Ala King, Chicken Pot Pie, or other favorite chicken dishes requiring a sauce.

Directions
  1. Melt butter
  2. Add flour and salt, whisk
  3. Add cream, whisk
  4. Cook in saucepan until thick
  5. Microwave Method
  6. In Pyrex bowl, melt butter in microwave
  7. Remove from microwave
  8. Whisk in flour, salt
  9. Whisk in cream
  10. Return to microwave, stopping VERY often, and whisking until thickened

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