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I want to make a white sauce tonight that I can put chicken and veg in with potato topping. Do you just make it like lasagne sauce? I think that would turn out a bit :gag: can you help?

 

Also, can you defrost meat on the radiator? I'm guessing no, but...

 

Also, what do you use creme fraiche for?

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I want to make a white sauce tonight that I can put chicken and veg in with potato topping. Do you just make it like lasagne sauce? I think that would turn out a bit :gag: can you help?

 

Also, can you defrost meat on the radiator? I'm guessing no, but...

 

Also, what do you use creme fraiche for?

 

You need to make a basic roux first. But see here...

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes

 

or

 

http://www.uktvfood.co.uk

 

Invaluable and informative.

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You need to make a basic roux first. But see here...

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes

 

Nah, too much arsing about for plain white or cheese sauce, use the Delia "all in the pan at once" method, it never fails.

 

http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/all-in-one-white-sauce,1009,RC.html

 

then add cheese, pepper and nutmeg.

 

Or use this recipe : http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/any-kind-of-cheese-sauce,1169,RC.html

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Nah, too much arsing about for plain white or cheese sauce, use the Delia "all in the pan at once" method, it never fails.

 

http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/all-in-one-white-sauce,1009,RC.html

 

then add cheese, pepper and nutmeg.

 

Or use this recipe : http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/any-kind-of-cheese-sauce,1169,RC.html

 

I wonder if Delia could make such an impassioned speech to the Sheffield Forum?

 

"to the best Forumers in the world. A special message. Where are you? Come on! Lets be avin ya!"

 

Oh dear.

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It's just a simple bechamel, Kathy, but try adding 1/4 chicken stock to 3/4 milk/double cream after you have cooked out the roux, keeping stirring in case it starts to split. The stock adds that little bit of oomph (I find bechamel sauce incredibly boring), but you keep the creaminess.

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It's just a simple bechamel, Kathy, but try adding 1/4 chicken stock to 3/4 milk/double cream after you have cooked out the roux, keeping stirring in case it starts to split. The stock adds that little bit of oomph (I find bechamel sauce incredibly boring), but you keep the creaminess.

 

That sounds good actually. I was worried a normal bechamel would be too thick and sickly.

 

Thank you guys I'm about to start cooking so I'll let you know how it goes :)

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