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Definition of Bechamel sauce
1. Noun. Milk thickened with a butter and flour roux.
Generic synonyms: Sauce
Specialized synonyms: Blanc, Cheese Sauce, Cream Sauce
Definition of Bechamel sauce
1. Noun. A simple white sauce made from a roux of butter and flour to which is added hot milk ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bechamel Sauce
Literary usage of Bechamel sauce
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Boston Cooking-school Cook Book by Fannie Merritt Farmer (1896)
"bechamel sauce. 1}£ cups White Stock. 6 peppercorns. 1 slice union. ...
Yellow bechamel sauce. To two cups bechamel sauce add yolks of three eggs slightly ..."
2. Fifty-two Sunday Dinners: A Book of Recipes, Arranged on a Unique Plan by Elizabeth O. Hiller (1915)
"Drain on brown paper; serve on hot buttered toast with bechamel sauce. Double the
recipe for bechamel sauce (see Page 85. ..."
3. The Royal Cookery Book: (le Livre de Cuisine) by Jules Gouffé, Alphonse Gouffé (1869)
"... and mix them in some bechamel sauce Maigre; Fill the crust with the ...
mixed in bechamel sauce Maigre; lay the paste cover on the top ; and serve. ..."
4. Practical Cooking and Serving: A Complete Manual of how to Select, Prepare by Janet McKenzie Hill (1902)
"1-2 a cup of cooked lean 1-2 a cup of thick bechamel sauce. ham chopped. Paprika.
Butter 1-2 a cup of cooked mushrooms Tomato sauce, chopped. ..."
5. Miss Parloa's Kitchen Companion: A Guide for All who Would be Good Housekeepers by Maria Parloa (1887)
"Chicken d la Duxelles, bechamel sauce. Oysters in a Block of Ice. ... Fillets of
Flounders au Gratin, with bechamel sauce. Potato Croquettes. ..."