Cook With What You Have

Discover recipes using ingredients already in your kitchen. Results are ranked by how well they match your pantry.

How It Works

  1. Add Your Pantry - Enter ingredients you have at home.
  2. Search or Discover - Find recipes by keyword or click "What Can I Make?"
  3. Start Cooking - View your match percentage and visit the original recipe.

We don't host full recipes-we link directly to original sources.

Béchamel Sauce (Louisiannaise)

Sauce béchamel is one of the basic sauces of French Cuisine. This variation is used in Louisiana for seafood dishes, especially crab meat.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup milk
  • ¼ ea. onion or 2 garlic cloves
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1–2 tbsp butter
  • 1–2 tbsp flour
  • Salt
  • Pepper
Your pantry · Interactive controls load with JavaScript

Method

  1. Warm the milk, then add the onion and bay leaf. Steep for 15 minutes.
  2. Melt the butter in a saucepan.
  3. Whisk in the flour, and cook on medium to medium-high heat to make a roux.
  4. Gradually whisk in the milk.
  5. Cook, stirring constantly, until thick.
  6. Season with salt and pepper.

Categories