Are Béchamel And White Sauce The Same Thing? - Chowhound

Alleko/Getty Images In a word: yes — but there's still much to learn about this monochromatic mother sauce. Béchamel is one of the five mother sauces that form the foundation of French cuisine: béchamel, velouté, tomato, hollandaise, and espagnole. In theory, you can create any sauce by building off of one of these bases. This idea is easily proved true with a béchamel. Béchamel starts with a roux where equal…