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"Simple Italian Cookery, See also Flavored with Love, Mary Lou's Family and Friends Can Cook"
www.FlavoredwithLove.com, Simple Italian Cookery by Antonia Isola: Page 47
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BECHAMEL SAUCE NO. 1 Put two ounces of butter and two tablespoons of flour into a saucepan
and stir for five minutes. Pour one and one-half pints of boiling milk
gradually in, beating well with a whisk. Add some nutmeg, a few
peppercorns, a pinch of salt, and some chopped mushrooms. Cook for
one-quarter of an hour, and rub through a fine sieve. BECHAMEL SAUCE NO. 2 Mix three tablespoons of butter and three of flour to a smooth paste,
put some peppercorns, one-half an onion, one-half a carrot sliced, a
small piece of mace, two teacups of white stock, a pinch of salt and
of grated nutmeg, in a stew-pan; simmer for one-half an hour, stirring
often, then add one teacup of cream; boil at once, and strain and
serve.
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