SPARROW - vegan white sauce

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On 1/14/08, Marie Rieuwers <marierieuwers wrote:

>

> This sounds great as it is but if I absolutely HAD to add anything

> to it I would try some dried chilli flakes. That shouldn't really come

> as a surprise if you have looked at some of my recipes - I'd probably

> add chilli flakes to desserts and cakes if I ate them (LOL).

 

mmm.... chili flakes! Great idea!

 

> I have a little question for you about the method. I have always made

> white sauce by making a roux first with the flour and shortening before

> adding the liquid very gradually. This is supposed to give the sauce a

> better taste because it allows the flour to 'cook out' and prevents lumps

> forming. Did you find that adding the flour at a later stage caused the

> sauce to taste floury or made the sauce lumpy? Your method sounds

> so much easier and quicker than the 'roux road'.

 

I expected it to taste floury, but it didn't. And it was very smooth

and not lumpy.

 

I've done the roux-thing in the past, making mac and cheese out of

Laurel's Kitchen (I think. It's been fifteen or twenty years now so I

may be remembering the wrong cookbook), but the basic recipe that I

started with (and added to) for this sauce said to put it all together

so that's what I did. (In fact, it said to put it *all* together from

the start but I chose to wait for the margarine to melt into the

soymilk before putting the flour in because I was afraid of lumps.)

 

It also said " This is very easy to make and works every time. " and

they were right: it really couldn't have been any easier and it worked

perfectly. I am impressed.

 

Also, I ate some of the sauce and put the rest in the fridge. Later I

put it on top of some veggies and microwaved it and the sauce passed

the " reheat test " - it tasted great the second time around, too.

 

Sparrow

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Hi Sparrow,

 

Thanks for getting back to me. I checked my copy of Laurel's Kitchen and

couldn't find the recipe you mentioned. Still, it doesn't really matter as you

have given me all the information I need to try your white sauce method.

 

I have a cauliflower in the fridge crying out to be used for dinner tomoorw

night and I'm going to smother it with this sauce (complete with chilli flakes

of course!) I'll let you know how I get on. I would have cooked it for tonight

but I was super-enthusiastic yetserday and prepared a big pot of veggie/lentil

soup for tonight. I'm still not feeling up to getting outside after my

disagreement with the stair post a couple of days ago so I hope that Hans (my

husband) remembers to bring home some nice crusty rolls to go with the soup.

 

Cheers from a still rather black and blue Marie

 

 

 

 

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On 1/14/08, Marie Rieuwers <marierieuwers wrote:

>

> Hi Sparrow,

>

> Thanks for getting back to me. I checked my copy of Laurel's Kitchen and

couldn't find the recipe you mentioned. Still, it doesn't really matter as you

have given me all the information I need to try your white sauce method.

 

Maybe it was " Diet For a Small Planet " or " Recipes for a Small Planet "

- as I still have both those on my bookshelf, I'll give a look when I

get back from this afternoon's meeting. I am curious for my own sake,

because my memory of that vegan mac and cheese is strong and it sounds

tastier by the minute, even though I try to avoid pasta.

 

> I have a cauliflower in the fridge crying out to be used for dinner tomoorw

night and I'm going to smother it with this sauce (complete with chilli flakes

of course!) I'll let you know how I get on.

 

mm! that sounds tasty! I had it on a mix of cauliflower and broccoli yesterday.

 

> I'm still not feeling up to getting outside after my disagreement with the

> stair post a couple of days ago so I hope that Hans (my husband)

> remembers to bring home some nice crusty rolls to go with the soup.

 

I hope so, too! *sends positive thoughts, encouraging the bruising to

go away quickly*

 

Sparrow