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Mornay Sauce

by Editorial Staff

Summary

Prep Time 40 mins
Total Time 40 mins
Course Sauce
Cuisine European
Servings (Default: 4)

Ingredients

  • 25 g butter
  • 30 grams flour
  • 500 ml milk
  • Salt, pepper, nutmeg
  • 1 egg (s), including the yolk
  • 100 ml cream
  • 30 g cheese (hard cheese), freshly rated
  • 2 tablespoon whipped cream
Mornay Sauce
Mornay Sauce

Instructions

  1. Melt the butter, sprinkle with flour and sweat while stirring for 2-3 minutes. Slowly add the milk and stir until smooth with the whisk. Season with salt, pepper and nutmeg and simmer gently for 20 minutes while stirring.
  2. Whisk the egg yolks with the cream and add them to the sauce. Bring to the boil again while stirring.
  3. Then spread the sauce through a fine sieve to remove any lumps and then carefully heat it up again.
  4. Sprinkle in the grated hard cheese and let it melt while stirring.
  5. Finally fold in 2 tablespoons of whipped cream.
  6. Very good with vegetable casseroles and also with potato gratin with boiled potatoes.
Editorial Staff

About Editorial Staff

The Boss Kitchen editorial staff oversees content review, fact-checking, and recipe verification across the site. Published articles pass through the editorial team before going live, ensuring ingredient lists, techniques, cooking times, and nutritional claims hold up in a home kitchen. The team coordinates contributions across the site writers, handles reader corrections, and maintains consistency in measurement conventions, safety guidance, and dietary labeling. Posts under this byline typically represent team-reviewed reference material, site announcements, or editorial roundups rather than individual-author features, and they are held to the same sourcing standards as bylined recipe and product coverage.

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