INGREDIENTS

    White Sauce
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 1/4 cup flour
  • 2 cups warm milk
  • salt
  • white pepper

    • Veloute Sauce

  • 2 cups well-flavored chicken stock

    • Cheese Sauce

  • 1 cup shredded cheese , of choice

DIRECTIONS

  1. In a saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat.Stir in the flour and cook 2 minutes to cook away the raw taste of the flour.
  2. Add the milk all at once.Stir well, and continue heating until mixture comes to a boil.It will thicken as it heats.
  3. Season to taste with salt and white pepper.
  4. To make Veloute Sauce:Substitute the chicken stock for the milk.
  5. To make Cheese Sauce:Stir in shredded cheese of choice into the cooked Basic White Sauce and stir until melted.