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Summary

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

Ingredients

Mornay Sauce
Mornay Sauce
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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.