Brain Food:

Definition: Bechamel Sauce  (and then Roux)

             
BECHAMEL SAUCE
noun
Milk thickened with a butter and flour roux*
[syn: white sauce]

*Shit.  Apparently this is a 2-parter 'cause I don't know that word either...


ROUX
noun
A cooked mixture of butter or otherfat and flour used to thicken sauces, soups,etc.




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