Highland Center, in Southeast Iowa | Rick Heimscheisser - 4/14/2026 23:19 White sauce is simply equal parts of a fat (butter, oil, lard. bacon grease, etc) and flour. You melt the fat, add the flour, keep stirring it for a few minutes while the flour cooks a bit, then add milk a little at a time while stirring it up and keep adding it until it reaches desired consistency. Add salt and pepper to taste. Don't add a lot of milk at once since it will be hard to get it mixed smooth. Start with a 2-4 tablespoons of fat & flour, depending on how much you want to make. IMO butter or bacon grease make the best tasting sauces.
Correct! But do remember that the sauce has to come to the bubbling stage while heating and stirring, else it's going to taste like the flour. |
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