Sauces, dips & spreads

Greek Bechamel Sauce

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Preparation time
7min
Total time
7min
Portion
1 litre(s)
Level
easy
  • TM 31
by anniembee
published: 2013/05/06
changed: 2013/05/16
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Ingredients

Greek Bechamel Sauce

  • 1000 grams Milk
  • 250 grams plain flour, sifted, or 1 cup
  • 180 grams ¼ cup (60 ml.) grated Kefalotyri cheese, or Parmesan cheese if you try but cannot find the Greek cheese), Kefalograviera, Roma, or a mixture of Gruyere and Parmesan cheese
  • 125 grams unsalted butter
  • 4 egg yolks, beaten
  • 1/2 level teaspoon white pepper, ground, or black pepper to taste
  • 1/2 teaspoon grated nutmeg
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Recipe's preparation

    Greek Béchamel Sauce

  1. Easy method: Place the ingredients in the TM bowl & cook 7 mins/90C/speed 4.

Tip

This recipe is typically used with Greek Pastitsia. 

A more traditional method 

Place the milk in the TM bowl & heat to scald the milk 5 mins/90C/speed 1. Set aside & keep hot.

Place the butter in the TM bowl 1 min/90C/speed 2.

Cook the butter in the TM bowl at 7 mins/ 90C/ speed 4/MC off, and slowly pour the flour through the MC hole to make a roux. Once the roux is smooth, slowly add the hot milk.

Finally, through the MC hole, add the grated cheese, nutmeg, pepper and egg yolks in that order. The sauce should be smooth & glossy, and cook 3 mins/37C/ speed 1.

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    Recipe is created for
    TM 31

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Comments

  • 9. January 2020 - 17:30
    4.0

    This bachamel is lovely but not easy to make at all. I have made it more than half a dozen times, and it is still a bit fiddly. Pouring the flour/milk through the MC hole is near impossible and very messy. I stop the Thermomix every few minutes and add more ingredients. I also find because of this reason it takes a lot longer than 7mins. Also, if you don't use the Greek cheese, please remember to add salt, otherwise the bachamel ends up being very bland!! As you can see, I still continue to make it as I like the end result, thank you.

  • 10. January 2017 - 05:29
    5.0

    Yasou kori, thanks a lot!Cool

  • 2. September 2016 - 14:09
    5.0

    This is the best béchamel sauce recipe yet all the ones you chuck in a blitz taste floury. I had nearly given up

    using the thermo until this recipe  thank you.

  • 9. July 2016 - 21:33
    4.0

    Great recipe, thanks. I like my bechamel quite thick (so that it sits on top of pastitsio) so I'll cook for a little longer next time. 

    Love my Thermie Soft

  • 14. June 2015 - 03:07
    5.0

    Perfect tmrc_emoticons.) 

  • 4. December 2014 - 20:37
    5.0

    Enjoyed this quite well will make again.

  • 27. May 2013 - 20:44

    I can't wait to give the traditional method a try as I often find the Thermomix white sauce and gravy recipes a bit floury. Thanks for posting the recipe as I was looking for an alternative method.

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