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Definitions for béchamel
ˈbeɪ ʃəˌmɛl, ˌbeɪ ʃəˈmɛlbéchamel

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. white sauce, bechamel sauce, bechamelnoun

    milk thickened with a butter and flour roux

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  1. béchamelnoun

    béchamel sauce

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  1. béchamel

    Bechamel sauce ( French: [beʃamɛl]) is a sauce traditionally made from a white roux (butter and flour in a 1:1 mixture by weight) and milk. Bechamel may also be referred to as besciamella (Italy), besamel (Greece), or white sauce (U.S.). French, Italian and Greek bechamel sauce recipes include salt and nutmeg as a seasoning base.Bechamel sauce is one of the "mother sauces" of French cuisine.

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  1. bechamel

    Bechamel, also known as white sauce, is a simple sauce made from butter, flour and milk. It is one of the foundational sauces in French cuisine and is often used as the base for other sauces and dishes. Made by cooking butter and flour together into a paste (roux) and then whisking in hot milk, the sauce is then usually seasoned with salt, pepper and nutmeg. The consistency and flavor can be adjusted by varying the ratio of the ingredients.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Bechamelnoun

    a rich, white sauce, prepared with butter and cream

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of béchamel in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of béchamel in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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