white sauce
Definition
- 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.
Noun
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milk thickened with a butter and flour roux
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