Tilt your pan to visually inspect and make sure they get broken up so they're exposed to the milk to enable thickening. Once you add your milk, they'll still wanna get stuck so scrape em out more. These get stuck in the edges of straight walled pans easily so scrape em out. When you whisk it, it should form gritty little chunks. Suggestions: Make sure your butter is melted evenly in your pan and that you sprinkle the flour to coat the pan. 2 cups) of milk and chicken broth and had a very thick sauce.
I made alfredo sauce last night and used 1 Tbsp flour and butter each and used over a pint (i.e. More cheese can help but this sounds like a fundamental sauce building problem. This should apply even for the thinnest, least fatty (and least delicious ) milk products. This is the solution! 2 Tbsp of flour and butter for your roux should make you a very thick and creamy béchamel sauce unless you're actually adding 6 cups of milk instead of 2. Make sure to include a link! Check out the FAQ r/Cooking compiled YouTube Channels Message the moderators and we will look at it. If your submission does not appear in the new tab, it may have been caught by the spam filter. R/charcuterie Related Subreddits Column 1 Toss spaghetti with 2 tbsp of butter cover and set aside. As a community, we should look out for each other, not put each other down or bog down discussion.ĬOMING SOON Filter out food safety! Subreddit Of The Month In a large pot, cook spaghetti in salted, boiling water for 8 minutes drain and return to the pot. Reddit is for sharing, not self-promotion.īe kind and conduct productive discussion.
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