Basic White Sauce With Variations

• 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

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.

white sauce, butter, flour, warm milk, salt, white pepper, veloute sauce, wellflavored chicken stock, cheese sauce, shredded cheese

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/basic-white-sauce-with-variations-254463 (may not work)