Easy White Sauce

Here is my method for making a quick and easy basic White sauce. I've skipped the step of making a Roux to make it much simpler, and avoid any unwanted lumps.  The sauce works well as a basic White Sauce and can be adapted to make any White sauce, sweet or savoury by adding the appropriate ingredients.

Ingredients

• 200ml Milk
• 10g Flour (around 1 tablespoon)
• Seasoning (according to whether the sauce is sweet or savoury).
• Knob of Butter for additional richness (optional)

Instructions

1. In a saucepan whisk the Flour into the Milk while cold
2. Add the appropriate seasoning
3. Over a fairly high heat bring the milk to the boil, whisking continuously
4. Reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes to cook out the flour and allow the sauce to thicken. 

Results

This makes a basic white sauce that can be adapted to your needs. If you're making it for a savoury dish you just add salt and pepper, for a sweet sauce add a teaspoon of sugar.

From this starting point you can make any number of sauces, from a Bechamel to go with a Lasagne or Rum flavoured sauce to go with Christmas pudding.

Let me know how you get on and any interesting variations you find.