Bechamel Sauce Vocab

Question 1

Bechamel Sauce

Answer 1

Bechamel or “white sauce,” is a simple milk-based sauce made from butter, flour, and milk. The flour and fat being the ROUX.

Question 2

Roux (ROO)

Answer 2

a mixture of fat (especially butter) and flour used in making sauces to thicken the consistency.

Question 3

Scalding

Answer 3

to heat (a liquid) until it is very hot but not boiling

Question 4

Marie-Antoine Carême

Answer 4

was a French chef and an early practitioner and exponent of the elaborate style of cooking known as grande cuisine, the “high art” of French cooking