My Moms White Sauce Food

WHITE SAUCE RECIPE

Steps:

• Melt butter in medium saucepan on low heat.
• Add flour and salt; mix well. Cook 2 min. or until bubbly, stirring constantly. Gradually stir in milk.
• Bring to boil on medium heat, stirring constantly; cook and stir 2 min. or until thickened.

WHITE SAUCE

Steps:

• Melt butter. Whisk in flour and cook a minute. Slowly add milk, whisking vigorously. Simmer for 5 minutes or until thick and smooth. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Cool to room temperature, with buttered paper over top to prevent a skin from forming. Transfer to containers and freeze until needed.

MENNONITE WAFFLES AND WHITE SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat milk until boiling, stirring constantly. Stir in 1/2 a cup of the sugar.
• Mix the cornstarch with the remainder 1/4 cup sugar and then add that to the hot milk mixture. Keep stirring until it thickens. (You can add more cornstarch to get it to the thickness you like).
• Add the butter and vanilla and stir.
• Pour over waffles (or dip the waffles into the sauce like my little girls do).

WHITE SAUCE

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a medium size sauce pan. Stir in flour to make a paste and cook over medium heat for 2 minutes. Stir continuously, don't allow paste to brown. Remove pan from heat and whisk in hot milk. Return pan to medium high heat and whisk continuously, especially along sides and bottom to prevent lumps. Heat sauce to a simmer and season.

MOM'S SEAFOOD LASAGNA

Steps:

• For the seafood: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Coat a 9-by-13-inch baking pan with cooking spray.
• Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the shrimp, garlic and seafood seasoning and cook until the shrimp turn pink, 2 to 3 minutes. Remove the shrimp from the skillet.
• Add the wine and lemon juice to the skillet, scraping any browned bits from the bottom of the skillet with a wooden spoon. Bring to a simmer and cook until the mixture is reduced by half, about 2 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in the shrimp and crabmeat.
• Make the béchamel sauce: Melt the butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Whisk in the flour until combined. Gradually add the milk, salt, pepper and nutmeg. Cook, whisking constantly, until the mixture is thickened, about 2 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in the Romano until melted. Set aside.
• Make the spinach-artichoke ricotta: Stir together the ricotta, spinach, artichoke hearts, mozzarella, breadcrumbs, lemon zest and egg until combined. Season with salt. Fold in 1 cup of the béchamel sauce.
• Assemble the lasagna: Spread about 1/2 cup of the béchamel sauce in the bottom of the prepared baking dish. Top with 3 to 4 lasagna noodles and about 2/3 cup béchamel sauce. Top with half of the spinach-artichoke ricotta and half of the seafood. Repeat the layers once. Top with the remaining 3 to 4 lasagna noodles and béchamel sauce. Sprinkle with the mozzarella and Romano.
• Cover the baking dish with aluminum foil (coat with cooking spray before adding to the top to prevent the cheese from sticking). Bake, covered, until the lasagna is bubbly, about 30 minutes. Uncover and bake until the noodles are tender and the top is golden brown, 10 to 15 minutes longer. Remove from the oven and let stand for 10 minutes before slicing and serving.

MY MOM'S TARTAR SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients, blending well.
• Let sit for about 1 hour before serving.

MOM'S SPAGHETTI SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in sauce pot, and saute the onion and garlic.
• Add remaining ingredients except the grated cheese and bring to a boil.
• Cover, lower heat and simmer one hour.
• NOTE: For a thicker sauce, stir in the 1/4 cup grated cheese and simmer 5 minutes more. Actually -- I think it even tastes better.