Sauce: Crème

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Created by Kitchen2MyTable

Inspired by “Sauce Crème” from www.bloc-notes-culinaire.com

Sauce: Crème recipe
Serving Size: Not set

Ingredients

- 1.764 oz (50 g) butter
- 1.764 oz (50 g) flour
- 16.907 fl oz (500 mL) milk
- 16.907 fl oz (500 mL) cream
- Fine salt, cayenne and grated nutmeg, to taste

Instructions

1. Melt butter over low heat; stir in flour. Cook a few minutes until foamy and pale, stirring without browning. Cool the roux promptly by standing the pan base in cold water.
2. Separately bring milk and cream to a boil. Whisk into cooled roux.
3. Cook gently, stirring, until thick; reduce for a few minutes until spoon-coating. Season and strain through a fine sieve. Serve immediately.

US equivalents are rounded like-unit conversions. No source quantities were rescaled.

Yield: Published yield: 33.814 fl oz (1 L)

Source: Adapted from Bloc-Notes Culinaire; roux technique from its linked roux guide.
https://www.bloc-notes-culinaire.com/2016/10/sauce-creme.html
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