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United States

Known as an American recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

Ingredients 5 ingredients

  1. half teaspoon of salt
  2. a dash of white pepper
  3. Butter
  4. two tablespoonfuls of sifted flour
  5. a pint of sweet milk
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Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.

Method

  1. Mix two tablespoonfuls of sifted flour with two of warm butter.
  2. Place over the fire a saucepan containing a pint of sweet milk and half teaspoon of salt and a dash of white pepper.
  3. When it reaches the boiling point add the butter and flour, stirring briskly until it thickens.
  4. Cook flve minutes.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Wooden spoon
  • Sieve