white sauce

Thân thiện

The chef stirs a pot of white sauce on the stove.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A sauce made from milk, butter, and flour: "white sauce" is a basic culinary sauce, also known as béchamel, created by cooking together equal parts of butter and flour (a roux) and then whisking in milk until thickened. It serves as a base for many other sauces and dishes.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The recipe for lasagna calls for a layer of white sauce.
  • She poured the creamy white sauce over the steamed vegetables.

Advanced Usage

• "to make a white sauce": the process of preparing this sauce.
  • The first step in making the casserole is to make a white sauce.

Variants and Related Words

• Béchamel sauce (n): the formal French culinary term for white sauce.

  • Classic béchamel sauce is one of the five mother sauces in French cuisine.

• Roux (n): the cooked mixture of butter and flour used to thicken the sauce.

  • A good white sauce starts with a smooth roux.

Synonyms

• Béchamel: the standard synonym in professional cooking.
• Cream sauce: a common descriptive term, though traditional white sauce does not contain cream.

Học thuật

Noun

1. milk thickened with a butter and flour roux

Từ đồng nghĩa

• bechamel sauce
• bechamel