How to Make a Foolproof Béchamel Sauce | Dear Test Kitchen | Food52

This week on "Dear Test Kitchen," Josh shows us how to make béchamel, one of the five mother sauces of traditional French cuisine and a key component of some of our favorite dishes (Mac and cheese! Lasagna! Scalloped potatoes!) LEARN MORE ►► https://f52.co/2PVaBhi

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0:32 - The five mother sauces of French cuisine
1:50 - Josh's go-to béchamel ratio
2:02 - Making a roux for béchamel
2:43 - Adding milk to your béchamel: the "chef-y" way and the "lazy" way
6:05 - Getting the consistency right for béchamel
7:50 - Comparing the "chef-y" béchamel to the "lazy" béchamel
8:54 - Seasoning béchamel
11:24 - How to store béchamel
12:27 - How to use béchamel to spruce up pasta

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