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BECHAMEL SAUCE (Boston Cooking-School Cook Book, 1896)
1 1/2 cups White Stock. 1 slice onion. 1 slice carrot. Bit of bay leaf. Sprig of parsley. 6 peppercorns. 1/4 cup butter. 1/4 cup flour. 1 cup scalded milk. 1/2 teaspoon salt. 1/8 teaspoon pepper.
Cook stock twenty minutes with onion, carrot, bay leaf, parsley, and peppercorns, then strain; there should be one cupful.
Melt the butter, add flour, and gradually hot stock and milk. Season with salt and pepper.
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