If you once get acquainted with the taste of this exquisite Italian additive, you will want to constantly cook it at home, combining with a variety of additives. Bechamel sauce with mushrooms, sour cream or tomato always turns out to be amazing and unusual.
How to prepare a sauce for beshamel for lasagna
A classic Italian supplement is prepared based on milk or fatty cream. During cooking, it is important to pour the milk( broth) into the sauté pan with a neat trickle. If not, you can use a special container with a thin spout. Do not rush to add flour to the container, if the consistency of the dish is too liquid, it is best to cook the additive a little and the excess water will evaporate. Ready-made lasagne béchamel sauce can be stored for up to 48 hours in the refrigerator. To prevent winding and the formation of a crust on the surface, pour it over melted butter.
Classic recipe
With the preparation of béchamel sauce, even the inexperienced mistresses will cope with the classic recipe. A little time and effort, and your family enjoys a terrific Italian dish. On the basis of the classic recipe, a variety of piquant sauces with the most unexpected additives are created. If you follow the cooking technology, you will surely get a wonderful sauce.
Ingredients:
- milk( fat content 2.5%) - 1 glass;
- butter - 20 grams;
- flour - 2 tbsp.spoons;
- spices;
- salt.
How to cook:
- Melt butter in a frying pan or in a sauté pan.
- Gently poured into it well sifted flour, constantly interfering with the composition.
- After the mixture turns golden, a thin stream pours in the milk.
- Bring the beaker to a boil, do not forget to stir constantly. Add spices, salt.
- Warm up the composition for another three minutes.
- After that, you can add a little cognac or vermouth to the composition for sophistication.
With minced
If you like Italian traditional pasta with béchamel sauce, then you can easily cook it in your kitchen. Gulf with a luxurious name "Bolognese" is prepared with the addition of minced meat. It is recommended to take a large or medium grinding, so that the taste of meat is pronounced. If everything is done correctly, then you and your household will be satisfied with this dish. What components are needed:
- minced meat from pork and beef - 600-800 g;
- onion - 2 pieces;
- tomatoes - 400 g;
- garlic - 2 slices;
- chili.
Preparation:
- Finely chop the onion, spread on a frying pan, fry.
- Add minced meat, fry all 10 minutes.
- Tomatoes are blanched, ground.
- Add all the remaining ingredients to the frying pan, stew the mixture until all the ingredients are ready.
- Finished Bolognese spread on the sheets of dough, poured with classic besamel sauce for lasagna.
- Bake everything in the oven for half an hour.
With mushrooms
With the creamy taste of Italian sauce, mushrooms of different varieties are perfectly combined. If you cook a gravy with the addition of champignons, chanterelles or whites, it will acquire a special refined taste, as well as its nutritional value will increase. Such an additive is perfect for classic lasagne, meat or fish dishes. Below is a recipe for mushroom sauce for two people( if your family has more people, increase the number of ingredients according to this).
What will be required:
- milk - 2.5 cups;
- ceps - 300 g;
- butter - 3 spoons;
- flour - 3 tbsp.l.;
- egg yolk - 2 pieces;
- meat broth - 1 glass.
Cooking can be done in a multivark or traditional way on a stove in a saucepan. How to Cook:
- Melt the butter on a low heat, add flour, pass until a characteristic shade( golden brown).
- Gently pour the milk( 2 cups), constantly stirring the mixture until you get a uniform thick mixture.
- Whisk the remaining milk with egg yolks, add to the saucepan.
- Hold a little on the fire, then add the broth, spices.
- Bring to a boil, add crushed mushrooms.
- Cook the sauce over low heat for 15 minutes.
- When removing the stewpan from the stove, add 1 more spoon of butter to the mixture.
Tomato
For 6 servings of aromatic sauce for lasagna with tomato bechamel you will need:
- butter - 60 g;
- flour - 2 tablespoons;
- sunflower oil - 2 tablespoons;
- milk - 3 cups;
- tomato paste - 1 spoon.
Cooking Instructions:
- In the saucepan, melt the butter together with the sunflower.
- Add flour, stirring the mixture constantly.
- Pour in the milk, stir everything, bring to a boil.
- Add the spices, salt, cook for about 10 minutes.
- Before serving, dilute the composition with tomato puree( or paste), in calculation: 3 parts of gravy, 1 part of tomatoes.
From sour cream
This recipe is perfect for lasagna with poultry filling. In addition, gravy will decorate a variety of vegetable or meat dishes, because the pleasant sour taste is combined with many ingredients. You can use this recipe or supplement it with suitable products at your discretion, in any case the taste will be delicious.
What will be required:
- flour - 80 g;
- vegetable broth - 1 glass;
- sour cream - ½ cup;
- butter - 50 g;
- seasonings, salt.
How to cook:
- Melt the butter, add the flour, mix the ingredients.
- Pour in broth, move everything to a homogeneous consistency without lumps.
- Add all other ingredients and cook the gravy to the desired density and consistency.
- When everything is ready, you can add fried onions, mushrooms or dried herbs for taste.
Video: how to make béchamel sauce
This sauce will be an excellent addition to various dishes( not necessarily just climbing).Depending on the recipes, the Italian sauce perfectly matches with vermouth, cognac or white wine. It is prepared on the basis of cream, if you want to reduce the calorie content of the dish you can use milk. In addition, bechamel can include passivated vegetables, mushrooms, cheese, spices, flour for densities. It is not only a unique independent ingredient, but also an excellent basis for the implementation of the most unexpected creative ideas, for example, such as in the below video recipes.