white sauce
noun
: a sauce consisting essentially of a roux with milk, cream, or stock and seasoning
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Hampton Roads also gave the world salsa blanca, or white sauce.
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Karri Peifer, Axios, 22 Nov. 2024
Get the recipe 02 of 20 Gluten-Free Mac And Cheese
Homemade mac and cheese is often thickened with a flour-laden white sauce, but this recipe calls for gluten-free flour.
—Josh Miller, Southern Living, 9 Dec. 2024
Make homemade white sauce using milk, flour, garlic, and butter.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Nov. 2024
Pair with lentil and beetroot salad or cheese ravioli with a white sauce.
—Tom Mullen, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
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Karri Peifer, Axios, 22 Nov. 2024
Get the recipe 02 of 20 Gluten-Free Mac And Cheese
Homemade mac and cheese is often thickened with a flour-laden white sauce, but this recipe calls for gluten-free flour.
—Josh Miller, Southern Living, 9 Dec. 2024
Make homemade white sauce using milk, flour, garlic, and butter.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Nov. 2024
Pair with lentil and beetroot salad or cheese ravioli with a white sauce.
—Tom Mullen, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
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“White sauce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/white%20sauce. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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