[...] us in the title that he is giving us the 411 about cooking and food. I, for one, could use it. A Basic Roux help is awesome since lots of people have no idea what a roux is. For first time cooking, this is a [...]

From my experience, making a roux is one of those cooking skills that requires a certain amount of patience and practice. Mixing the butter and flour together is never much of a problem, but unless you add in the liquid very gradually at first, you will wind up with a lumpy gravy that is very difficult to fix without starting all over again.

Of course, it is possible to “cheat” and use cornstarch for the thickening agent (to avoid lumps, mix it with water first) and then add whatever other ingredients are required to make the sauce. But I suppose that learning how to make a proper roux is still a good skill to learn if one wants to create authentic traditional recipes.

Yay for using a roux-although the roux is actually just the fat and the flour.

mags’s last blog post..Toosdae ?’s