Fatless white sauce

Prepare
less than 30 mins
Cook
10 to 30 mins
Serve
Makes 10fl oz/275ml

Okay, so you don't get the buttery flavour, but you do get a lovely, creamy-smooth, milky white sauce which is most helpful for those needing to cut the fat content of their diet.

By Delia Smith

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Ingredients

  • 10fl oz/275ml milk – this can be infused but must be cold
  • ¾oz/20g sauce flour
  • salt and freshly milled black pepper
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Method

  1. All you do to make this sauce is place the milk in a small saucepan, then simply add the sauce flour and, over a medium heat, bring everything gradually up to simmering point, whisking vigorously and continuously with a balloon whisk until the sauce has thickened to a smooth, rich creaminess.

  2. Add seasoning and allow it to cook very gently for a few minutes on the lowest possible heat.

Recipe tips

Sauce flour is a finely milled plain flour that has been specially developed to blend into liquids without forming lumps. It's availalble from some large supermarkets.