This document provides a recipe for a basic white sauce to use as a pasta sauce base. The recipe calls for melting butter in a saucepan and then stirring in flour to make a roux, which is cooked for 1 minute. Milk is then added to the roux and continuously stirred as it boils and thickens. The white sauce provides an excellent lower fat alternative to cream-based pasta sauces while retaining similar flavor. Additional ingredients like cheese and pasta can be added to create different pasta dish variations.
This document provides a recipe for a basic white sauce to use as a pasta sauce base. The recipe calls for melting butter in a saucepan and then stirring in flour to make a roux, which is cooked for 1 minute. Milk is then added to the roux and continuously stirred as it boils and thickens. The white sauce provides an excellent lower fat alternative to cream-based pasta sauces while retaining similar flavor. Additional ingredients like cheese and pasta can be added to create different pasta dish variations.
This document provides a recipe for a basic white sauce to use as a pasta sauce base. The recipe calls for melting butter in a saucepan and then stirring in flour to make a roux, which is cooked for 1 minute. Milk is then added to the roux and continuously stirred as it boils and thickens. The white sauce provides an excellent lower fat alternative to cream-based pasta sauces while retaining similar flavor. Additional ingredients like cheese and pasta can be added to create different pasta dish variations.
A basic white sauce is an excellent base for a variety of pasta dishes. It is also a lower fat alternative to cream base sauces, yet has a similar flavour. Use the following white sauce recipe to create your own exciting pasta sauce. INGREDIENTS
EQUIPMENT
1 T ( Tablespoon ) Margarine or butter
1 T ( Tablespoon ) Plain Flour 1 C ( cup ) Milk ADDITIONAL INGREDIENTS
C ( cup ) Cheese 100g Pasta METHOD
1. Melt margarine in saucepan
2. Stir in flour and cook over heat for about 1 minute. This mixture is called a roux. 3. Add milk all at once and stir continuously over heat until mixture boils and thickens. RESEARCH QUESTIONS 1. Why does the roux mixture need to be cooked for approximately 1 minute? _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ 2. What is meant by the term gelatinisation and which ingredients in this recipe take part in this reaction? ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ 3. Starch granules alter as they are heated. Identify three changes and the temperatures these occur at. ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 4. Identify two chemical changes that take place in the process of gelatinisation _______________________________________________________________________________
5. Identify two physical changes that take place in gelatinisation.
____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ 6. Identify three significant factors that affect the physical and chemical reactions in gelatinisation. __________________________________________________________________ 7. For each of the three above factors explain their impact on gelatinisation. __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 8. Explain the term viscosity mean? How does viscosity alter in the gelatinisation process? __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ 9. Brainstorm some sauce combinations for cooked pasta. _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ 10.What is important to remember when cooking with cheese? Why? ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________