Easy White Sauce
Many Meals
What do I need?
550ml/1 pint milk
3 tablespoons cornflour
What do I do?
1. In a small bowl, mix together a little of the milk with the cornflour
until well blended and set aside.
2. Place the remaining milk in a saucepan and heat over medium heat.
Do not boil.
3. Stir the cornflour mixture again and pour over the hot milk, stirring
constantly, and cook over medium heat until the sauce thickens.
4. You can use it plain like this in pasta bakes, chicken pies and lots of
other dishes.
What can I make with it?
Cheese sauce: add 1 teaspoon of mustard, 30g/1oz grated cheese and
a pinch of ground nutmeg (optional) after the milk. Use as a pasta sauce
or in a lasagne.
Parsley sauce: add fresh or dried parsley after the milk, Use with fish
dishes such as in fish pie, or over fish fillets.
Try adding black pepper or curry powder or chopped onions or
mushrooms to the basic recipe for different flavours.
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