Yotam Ottolenghi

Chefs don't use white pepper just to avoid spoiling the whiteness of pommes puree or bechamel. It has a more peppery aroma, with sharpness and sweetness, too.

Israeli Chef

Melissa Leong

Freshly grated nutmeg over fresh pasta with truffle oil is simple perfection. It's also integral in any good bechamel or chai mix.

Giada De Laurentiis

When I was a kid, for my birthday every year, my mother made me pasta bechamel, which is rigatoni with a white cream sauce.

American Chef

Bechamel is specific to cooking; used when discussing recipes or food.

Culinary Term

The word 'bechamel' comes from French, so it maintains a refined or elegant connotation.

Origin French

'Bechamel' is often used as a base to create other sauces by adding cheese or herbs.

Sauce Base

 incredible mozzarella deep fried zucchini flowers you are crosstalking through the fields and you are you can just eat the fruit from the trees they have this pastry called rustico and it's like bechamel sauce