Milk Sauce

Description

In Romanian: Sos de lapte (Bechamel). This sauce is served with meat as well as with vegetables.

Ingredients

• 1½ cups milk
• 1 tablespoon flour
• 1 tablespoon butter
• salt

Directions

1. The sauce may be prepared with fried or unfried flour.

Fried flour version

1. If you are using fried flour, fry it lightly in butter, add hot milk, pouring a little at a time and constantly stirring.
2. Add salt to taste and simmer for 10 minutes.
3. Serve warm.

Unfried flour version

1. If you are using unfried flour, dissolve the flour in cold milk, pouring the milk a little at a time.
2. Salt to taste and simmer, constantly stirring, for 10 minutes.
3. Serve warm.