italian essentials: yummy pizza white sauce

How To Make italian essentials: yummy pizza white sauce

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  PREP/PREPARE
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  Gather your Ingredients (mise en place).
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  Add a bit of salt to the baked garlic, and then smash it smooth with the flat end of your kitchen knife. You want it like a paste.
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  Chef’s Note: If you have never baked garlic, you will love its wonderful mellow flavor. Here is a recipe on how to bake garlic: https://www.justapinch.com/recipes/sauce-spread/seasoning-mix/cooking-essentials-baked-garlic.html?r=4
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  Add the butter to a saucepan over medium heat.
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  When the butter melts, add the onion, and sauté in the butter for 1 minute.
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  Add the flour, baked garlic, black and white pepper, parsley and oregano to the saucepan, and whisk until completely combined, and beginning to bubble, about 2 – 3 minutes.
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  Add the milk and whisk to combine.
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  When the mixture begins to simmer, add the cheeses, and stir until the mixture begins to thicken, about 4 – 6 minutes.
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  Chef’s Note: At this point remove from the heat, and add the truffle oil, if using.
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  Chef’s Tip: If the mixture become too thick, add a bit of milk, a tablespoon at a time, until you have the right consistency. It should be thick enough to easily coat the back of a spoon, and leave a trail when you run your finger across it.
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  PLATE/PRESENT
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  Use it on your next pizza.
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  Use it over a plate of pasta. Enjoy
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  Keep the faith, and keep cooking.
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