whisk vigorously!
sauce one of five: complete! a report on my first real bechamel sauce and it is delicious. it's not difficult but does require attention to temperature and color. a roux (3-1/2 T. flour + 6 T butter) followed by 2 cups of milk and, this made me laugh out loud, some vigorous whisking and voila--there you have it!
i prefer a little bit of salt and nutmeg in my sauce and now have the creative challenge of how to use it with what's in my pantry...i think a harvest pasta with fall squash will somehow be involved. and now, on to veloute! sidenote: a popular kitchen store is offering a class on "french sauces 101" this fall at the same time as i am trying mine solo & free (except for ingredients): ala julia child.
*the answer to the bookworm trivia: don quixote has sold an estimated 500 million copies to date. however, as it was first published in 1605 and exact numbers do not exist, many lists put a tale of two cities, published 250 years later, at or near the top spot for fiction.
i prefer a little bit of salt and nutmeg in my sauce and now have the creative challenge of how to use it with what's in my pantry...i think a harvest pasta with fall squash will somehow be involved. and now, on to veloute! sidenote: a popular kitchen store is offering a class on "french sauces 101" this fall at the same time as i am trying mine solo & free (except for ingredients): ala julia child.
*the answer to the bookworm trivia: don quixote has sold an estimated 500 million copies to date. however, as it was first published in 1605 and exact numbers do not exist, many lists put a tale of two cities, published 250 years later, at or near the top spot for fiction.
Comments
Post a Comment