Parsley sauce

Name: Parsley sauce
Total time: 20 min
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 30g butter; 30g plain flour; 400ml whole milk; 20g fresh flat leaf parsley, finely chopped; 1 tsp English mustard; 1 tsp lemon juice; 0.5 tsp salt

A smooth white sauce full of fresh parsley, traditional with boiled gammon and white fish.

Time20 min
LevelEasy
Costabout £0.40 a head

4 servings

Ingredients

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30 gbutter
30 gplain flour
400 mlwhole milk
20 gfresh flat leaf parsleyfinely chopped
1 tspEnglish mustard
1 tsplemon juice
½ tspsalt

Method

1
Melt the butter in a saucepan over a medium heat. Stir in the flour and cook for 1 minute.
2
Take off the heat and add the milk a little at a time, whisking until smooth.
3
Return to a low heat and cook for 8 minutes, stirring, until thick.
8 min
4
Stir in the mustard, lemon juice, salt and plenty of black pepper.
5
Add the parsley just before serving.

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