Homemade White Sauce Mix

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To make a sauce from the mixture, add cool water and heat until thickened. To replace a 16-ounce jar of store-bought Alfredo sauce, combine 3/4 cup of the mixture with 1 3/4 cups of water. Season the sauce to your taste; add dried thyme, basil, tarragon, or marjoram. You can make this sauce cheesy by simply adding any freshly grated cheese: Cheddar, Gouda, Havarti, Parmesan, Pecorino Romano, or Swiss.

This sauce is excellent in casseroles and can be used to quickly make macaroni and cheese or gratins. This white sauce is a basic recipe, and everyone should know how to make it. You can double this recipe if you cook often. Store the mixture in a tightly sealed container in the refrigerator for up to 2 months.

Time: 20 min.
Servings: 7
Quantity: 3.5 tbsp.

Make your own homemade white sauce mix and use it as a quick sauce base. This recipe is a great substitute for store-bought Alfredo pasta sauce, saving you money. The mix itself is simply nonfat dry milk, flour, and salt, with chopped butter.

The recipes use measuring containers with the following volumes:
1 glass (st.) - 250 ml.
3/4 cup (st.) - 180 ml.
2/3 cup (st.) - 160 ml.
1/2 cup (st.) - 125 ml.
1/3 cup (st.) - 80 ml.
1/4 cup (st.) - 60 ml.
1 tablespoon (tbsp) - 15 ml.
1 teaspoon (tsp) - 5 ml.
1/5 teaspoon (tsp) - 1 ml.

Ingredients for the recipe:

2 cups of skim milk powder
1 cup wheat flour
2 teaspoons of salt
1 cup (230 g) butter (margarine or vegetable oil)
1/8 tsp ground white pepper

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Cooking the dish according to the recipe:

In a medium bowl, combine dry milk, flour and salt, whisking until thoroughly combined.
Using a pastry cutter or two knives, cut the butter into the flour until the mixture resembles cornmeal.

Place the mixture in an airtight container and store in the refrigerator. Use the white sauce mixture within 2 months.
To make white sauce, combine 1/2 cup white sauce mixture and 1 cup cold water in a small saucepan.
Simmer the sauce over low heat until smooth, whisking constantly. Season to taste. You'll get about 1 cup of classic white sauce.

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recipe / Sauces / Seasonings

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