On Jun 7, 9:10 am, "theChas." > wrote:
> My last attempt at Biscuits & Gravy was another disaster.
> I'm getting tired of eating flour paste.
> I saved 3 T of bacon drippings for my base and very slowly added no more
> than 2 T of flour. Then the milk... still got the paste (and not that smooth
> either). I can't believe I'm such a dork I can't make a simple Beschamel
> sauce.
>
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The first thing we were taught in Home-Ec in 1949 was how to make
bechamel. I tried and failed until in the last year or so. I now use
Mario Batali's recipe in one of his books. I notice that there is the
same recipe online at

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/reci...ml?rsrc=search

This is the EXACT recipe I use, except the book differs in one
instance. The book recipe uses 3 cups of milk, and foodnetwork
receipe uses 4 cups of milk. I use the 3 cups of milk.

It looks so simple, I know, but I have had no failures since.
Good luck,
Dee Dee