If you’re looking for a creamy white sauce that’s both easy to master and incredibly versatile, this basic simple bechamel sauce is your answer. As one of the classic French mother sauces, béchamel ...

White sauce—or bechamel, if you use its French name—is one of the five mother sauces taught in culinary schools. Its simplicity makes it a blank canvas for creativity; once you’ve mastered it, you can ...

One of the first and most valuable things I learned to cook was a basic white sauce. A simple mixture of butter, flour and milk creates a rich, velvety base you can turn into just about anything you ...