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
Rice flour to create mochi or as a thickener for sauces. Another variety called is produced from ground uncooked glutinous rice and is often used to produce confectioneries. The non-glutinous variety called is made from short-grain rice and is primarily used for creating confectioneries. In the Philippines, rice flour isn't traditionally prepared dry. Rather it is made by first soaking uncooked glutinous rice overnight (usually allowing it to slightly ferment) then grinding the results (traditionally with stone mills) into a rich and smooth viscous rice dough known as "galapóng". It is the basis for numerous types of native rice cakes and desserts