Easy Salmon Bake

Easy Salmon Bake
Originally uploaded by cutejoos

I used to be intimidated by the term Bechamel sauce, I guess it sounds so fancy & so French that I automatically assumed that it was too complicated to make. Bechamel is one of five mother sauces in French cooking and is also used as a a base for many other sauces, think of it like a jumpstart sauce. So today I decided that it's about time for me to try my hand at making Bechamel also known as white sauce with this Easy Salmon Bake recipe I saw in Yummy magazine. The recipe for the white sauce called for melting 1/4 cup butter then adding in the 3 tablespoons flour combining it very well, cook for 3 minutes then whisk in the 1 1/2 cups milk & cook till sauce thickens, it was soooo easy and the sauce came out so smooth and light. From my research I found that this method I did was called the quick method, apparentlly, classic Bechamel sauce can take over an hour to make what with having to make clarified butter, scalding the milk etc. But I was already happy with the results of my sauce traditional method or not.