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Béchamel
Pasta & Rice

Béchamel – Gluten-free version

A roux of butter and gluten-free flour blend, with milk added gradually and cooked until the sauce is thick. Gluten-free version: Gluten-free flour blend.

⏱ 9 min
🧀 Dairy🥬 Vegetarian
Versions:Original🌾 Gluten-free

👨‍🍳 Method

  1. 1
    Melt the butter in a pot over medium heat, add the gluten-free flour blend and stir 1–2 minutes, until a smooth roux forms and starts to bubble.
    StovePot
  2. 2
    Gradually add the milk, whisking constantly, and cook 5–8 minutes, until the sauce is thick and coats the back of a spoon.
    StoveWhisk
    💡Add the milk slowly, whisking constantly, so no lumps form. For lasagna, the common ratio is about 7 g gluten-free flour blend per 100 ml milk (4 tablespoons gluten-free flour blend to 2 cups): more gluten-free flour blend gives a thick béchamel, for moussaka; less gluten-free flour blend gives a soft béchamel, for a sauce.
  3. 3
    Season with salt.
177calories
5 gprotein
11 gcarbs
12 gfat
● protein 11%● carbs 26%● fat 63%

Per serving (141 g), of 4 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (3) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Pot · Also works: Deep skillet (sauté pan) (less liquid, faster evaporation) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Wok (For quick cooking)
  • Whisk · Also works: Hand mixer (None) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Fork (Beat with a fork, less air)

By the steps, as the recipe is built now: another version or addition can change the list.

⚙️ What you can change

  • Possible additions: salt · Nutmeg · black pepper · Parmesan · Eggs · White pepper · Bay leaf · Grated yellow cheese · Garlic in the sauce · Oil instead of butter
  • Cooking time after the milk (minutes): 5–8
  • Word for the fat: the butter
  • Word for the liquid: the milk
  • Stirring the roux (minutes): 1–2

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🔗 Used in

Meatballs in Sauce · Mac and Cheese · Pan-Seared Fish · Roasted Vegetables on Labneh · Croque Monsieur · Sausages in Tomato Sauce · Stuffed Meat Roulade · Lasagna · Stuffed Baked Sweet Potato · Baked Eggplant in Tomato Sauce with Cheese · Moussaka

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