Pasta Recipes- How To Make Bechamel Sauce In 5 Minutes

Sounds tough? Pasta recipes are cooked in a variety of sauces. Ranging from super hot and fiery arrabbiata to the classic, everyone's favourite bolognese, every sauce gives your pasta a unique, delicious flavour that seeps deep into your heart. Among the list of pasta sauces we have the simple and classic bechamel sauce, a sauce that is easy to make but is worth even the biggest efforts when is comes to taste.

Bechamel sauce is a classic pasta sauce made from roux and milk. Roux is actually just butter and flour cooked together. Bechamel is a silky smooth sauce that is full of soothing and calming flavours. It does not leave explosions in your mouth, it leaves an impression on your soul. The savoury sauce cooked with milk and butter relaxes your mind and body and bechamel pasta sauce recipe is absolutely moan-worthy.

The second best part about Bechamel, after its taste, is that it is a multi-purpose sauce that is the starting ingredient for many other sauces and food recipes other than pasta. Well, the sauce is so heavenly that restricting it to pasta would be injustice to its qualities. Actually, bechamel is one of the five 'mother sauces' that make the base of French cuisine. So if you are thinking of cooking pasta or any other dish and you want to use bechamel sauce as a base for it, here is a simple, 5 minute bechamel pasta sauce recipe that will make things a lot easier for you.

Bechamel Pasta Sauce Recipe In 5 Minutes

1. In a sauce pan, melt 2 tbsp butter. Add 2 tbsp all-purpose flour and cook for about 2 minutes.
2. Stir it constantly and don't make it brown. Just cook until the paste bubbles.
3. Now slowly add 1 and 1/4 cup of milk in portions. Keep stirring while adding milk.
4. You can add milk according to the consistency you want. If you want thick sauce you can reduce the amount of milk.
5. Bring the sauce to a boil. Add salt and pepper to taste and cook for another 2-3 minutes.
6. If you want your bechamel cheesy, add 1/2 grated cheddar cheese during the last 2 minutes of cooking. Add some cayenne pepper for taste as well.

Now that we know the easy-peasy bechamel pasta sauce recipe, why not use this recipe to cook a tasty, appetizing bechamel sauce pasta with vegetables. Healthy and savoury.

Bechamel Sauce Pasta Recipe With Vegetables

1. In a pressure cooker, boil 4-5 baby corn, 1/2 cup peas, 1 potato and 1 carrot. You can steam them in a steamer as well. Chop the boiled/steamed vegetables and keep aside.
2. In a pan, add 4 cups water and 1/2 tsp salt. When the water comes to a boil, add 1 cup of pasta of your choice.
3. Cook the pasta al dente and drain the water. Keep it aside.
4. Add 2-3 tbsp butter to a heated pan and saute 2-3 chopped garlic cloves and 1 chopped onion. Then add 1.5 cups sliced mushrooms and saute.
5. Now add 1 chopped capsicum and some salt to taste. Saute the vegetables until capsicum becomes soft.
6. Now add the bechamel sauce you prepared to the vegetables. Add sauce as per you want your sauce, add water to bring proper consistency.
7. Simmer the sauce with vegetables for 2-3 minutes. Then add the cooked pasta and mix well.
8. After a minute, switch off the flame and garnish with basil and parsley. Serve hot.

Although bechamel sauce is considered simple to cook, there are still some things that you should be careful of while cooking it. It's delicate and can go off its flavour if made in a hurry. Make sure that the ratio of flour and butter is proper in roux. Make sure your roux is cooked properly. Don't brown it. Use warm milk and don't add it at once in the pan. Add milk in portions while continuously stirring. It is better to the timings mentioned in the bechamel pasta sauce recipe to get the best results. Bon appetite.

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