Basic Cream Sauce
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Ingredients
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 2 cups heavy whipping cream (16 ounces)
  • salt and pepper (to taste with your preference)
  • (optional: 1 cup or more of your favorite cheese)
Instructions
  1. Melt butter in a medium sauce pan.
  2. Once butter is melted, add 2 tablespoons of flour and stir with a whisk to prevent any lumps.
  3. Add salt and pepper. Cook and stir for 2 minutes.
  4. Pour 1 cup of heavy whipping cream into the butter-flour mixture and continue stirring. It will start thickening in less than 1 minute.
  5. Add the rest of the cream and stir.
  6. The sauce will then start reheating back up and be thicker within 3-5 minutes.
  7. Take off heat once thickened.
  8. (Optional: Stir in your favorite cheese to melt.)
  9. Pour over your favorite pasta!
  10. Makes 2 cups of Cream Sauce.
Notes
Recipe Source: Gloria Phillips (SimplyGloria.com)
Recipe by Simply Gloria at https://simplygloria.com/basic-cream-sauce/