Besciamella Sauce

Besciamella Sauce

Ingredients:
butter, without salt
wheat flour, white, all-purpose, unenriched
milk, fluid, 1% fat, without added vitamin a and vitamin d
salt, table
spices, nutmeg, ground

Directions:
Heat butter in a medium saucepan until melted.
Add flour, stirring until smooth.
Cook gently over medium heat until light golden brown, 6-7 minutes.
Meanwhile, heat the milk in a separate pan until almost boiling.
Add milk to the butter mixture 1 cup at a time, whisking continuously until very smooth.
If lumps begin to form, you need to adjust the heat up a bit higher.
Bring to a boil, and cook for 30 seconds, continuing to stir.
Remove from the heat and season with salt and nutmeg.
Note: After I had brought it to a boil and let it cook for 30 seconds, it was still too liquidy.
I continued to cook it over high heat, stirring constantly, until it thickened down, and began to coat the back of the spoon.