How to Make Basic White Sauce - Cream Sauce at its Simplest

White sauce, or a cream sauce, is one of the simplest sauces to make. It’s not the most extravagant sauce out there. However, in its simplicity, it does bring an extra rich texture and flavor to a dish. It is the basis for many sauces like bechamel, mornay sauces and even sausage gravy. It can be used with vegetables, chicken, pork or pasta dishes.
There are three levels of thicknesses to this sauce. The thickness depends on the ratio of flour and butter per 1 cup or 250ml of dairy (cream, milk, half &half etc...):

Thin Sauce: 1 Tbsp Butter and 1 Tbsp Flour
Medium Sauce: 1.5 Tbsp Butter and 1.5 Tbsp Flour
Thick Sauce: 3-4 Tbsp Butter and 3-4 Tbsp Flour

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Ingredients:
- 1.5 Tbsp or 21g Butter
- 1.5 Tbsp or 12g Flour
- 1 Cup or 250ml Cream (cold)
- Pinch of White Pepper
- Pinch of Salt

- IMPORTANT NOTE - TO MAKE LUMP FREE SAUCE: Add cold dairy (cream, milk, half & half…) to a warm/hot Roux (cooked butter and flour mixture). Or, vice versa – Add hot dairy to a cold roux.

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[suparnadas]

My kid wanted to eat pasta and I didn’t have any of the Alfredo sauce ingredients at home except the heavy cream. Luckily I came across this recipe and it turned out so delicious! Thank you and stay blessed

[UnnamedEnder]

This dish can be made a little bit easier by adding the heavy cream in smaller doses, instead of all at once. This prevents clumps from forming up and allows you to integrate the cream much more easily. After a couple of additions, you'll instead be left with a very thick but definitely liquid sauce, at this point you can just dump the rest of the cream inside and it won't clump.

Also, if you'd like a bit of a flavor boost and really like garlic, you can throw finely minced/crushed/grated garlic at the same time as the flour. It cooks/fries with the flour. It's better to do it this way, since if you fry the garlic in the oil before, you'll either burn it by the time the flour is nice and integrated, or you'll have to dirty another dish to contain the garlic while you fry the flour.

Nice, easy recipe, by the way! Thanks for sharing.

[hanji]

I just finished making this it smells and tastes AMAZING, I decided to add alittle garlic powder and extra cheese, thanks for the recipe

[cocodee]

Made this tonight. At the end I dumped the chicken drippings into it. Served with peas and chicken tenders, topped with chives. Everyone loved it!

[owenbarbour]

turned out so good, i added a tablespoon of cream cheese 4 basil leaves and some parmesan w garlic powder. absolutely awesome recipe

[pencroftonum]

Thank you for the recipe, cooked it tonight with cheese and garlic, turned out amazing!!!

[tuboto]

The heavy cream is an easier option than just plain milk...delicious!

[ros]

Thanks for sharing this recipe I will definitely try it

[saimalishahid]

Love the video. Sometimes it's best to just know the basics.

[hans]

Biscuits and gravy sure are good with white sauce. Give me a bottle of Tabasco sauce and a side of cut onions.

[richellego]

Thank you so much I inspired to make a simple and classy creamy white sauce and putting in top of the rice it so much 😘

[twspma]

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[MandatoryReporter]

I use whole wheat flour. I’m a type-2 diabetic, so I substitute whole wheat when I can. Still tastes awesome! 👍

[masonamin]

Salute & gratitude for the informative video.

[honey]

Thanks. This was easier than I thought it would be. Awesome

[veevee]

Thank you for including the ratios in the description!!

[fredfloyd]

Oh this recipe is great...A real chef.
I bet youcan make the best sauces for a salisbury steak...and white sauce for a chicken fried steak...cook on!

[moobutt]

This is just basic breakfast gravy. My grandma would make this with browning from sausage or bacon and use evaporated milk instead of cream. It’s fantastic.

[sinotnaable]

My kids loved the sauce. I added some garlic powder. Thank you for sharing