Bechamel

This is the second basic ingredient for my lasagne as well as a lot of other types of oven-cooked pasta (pasta al forno).

Ingredients:

• 50 gr. of butter
• 2 spoons of flour
• 500 gr. of milk
• Nutmeg
• Salt

Preparation:

Melt the butter in a pot then turn off the stove and add the flour. Blend the flour until make the mixture homogeneous. Turn on the stove and add slowly the milk, meanwhile add a bit of nutmeg and salt. Cook approximately for 5 minutes until reach the desired thickness.