Recipe#12871

Title: Bechamel Sauce

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1 tablespoon flour
 knob of butter
 2 cups milk
 Making bechamel sauce in a microwave oven is much easier and faster
 than making it over the stove.  Melt the butter and stir in the
 flour, then stir in the milk and, if you wish, salt and pepper.
 Heat the sauce on high power for 1 minute and stir it briskly till
 most of the lumps are gone. Heat it for five more minutes at medium
 power, stirring every minute or so. Let it sit for a couple of
 minutes, and it's ready. Crema Pasticcera (Pastry cream) can also
 be made this way.