Béchamel sauce veal velouté with a large amount of cream added. Béchamel sauce Béchamel sauce (; ), also known as white sauce, is made from a white roux (butter and flour) and milk. It has been considered, since the seventeenth century, one of the mother sauces of French cuisine. It is used as the base for other sauces (such as Mornay sauce, which is Béchamel with cheese). Balsamell or Besciamella is the Italian equivalent of the French Béchamel: a very simple white sauce of flour, butter and milk. The sauce was originally from renaissance Tuscany and was known as "Salsa Colla or
Food and drink in Birmingham and vegetables served with a slice of bread. In 2014 Glynn Purnell recreated the dish as a fine dining course and served it at his restaurant, "Purnell's". A dish titled "Brummie bacon cakes" is said to also be a dish local to Birmingham it consists of a mixture of flour, salt, and butter or margarine, with chopped bacon and cheese added to it. With the addition of Worcestershire sauce, ketchup and milk, the mixture is made into a dough and sliced into wedges which are then baked with cheese sprinkled over them. Dishes identified with the neighbouring Black Country are