why didn't my white sauce thicken?

Answer 1

sometimes if you add the cornstarch or flour to early to the sauce (before boiling) it wont thicken

Answer 2

There's many ways to thicken a white sauce, but I'll explain the most popular ones.

A flour and water paste
A roux (flour and fat, such as oil, shortening, or butter)
Cornstarch and water

Make your sauce the same way you normally would. If it's not thickening like you say it's not, make sure your sauce is hot, and use any three of these mixtures and add it to your sauce. Be sure that you let the mixture cook thoroughly in your sauce, so it doesn't taste like flour or cornstarch.

If you're using a flour and water paste, be sure that you add your sauce to the bowl that contains the paste (AFTER the flour and water is mixed thoroughly), mix it up to bring it to temperature, and then put that mixture into the pot containing your sauce. This will help reduce lumps using this method.

I hope this helps.

Austin

Answer 3

White sauce:
1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon flour
pinch salt
cup milk

melt butter in sauce pan.
Stir in flour to make a roux.
Cook the flour a little, don't let it brown.
Sprinkle in a pinch of salt.
Pour in cold milk, stirring constantly
Bring to a boil, turn down and stir until thickens.

Taste, adjust seasonings.

Answer 4

recipe for white sauce. 1 T of butter plus 1 T of flour, dash salt, dash pepper(white) if you have it, melt butter with flour in it and cook a bit until bubbly in pan and still blonde. Then add milk until and cook until it boils. MUST boil. If you have added too much liquid take some butter and flour and cream them together really well. Like 1T of butter and one T of flour. Then add this too the mixture that has not thickened and bring it to a boil again. Maximum thickening occurs when it boils.

Answer 5

too much liquid - not enough starch -

try these measurements:

THIN WHITE SAUCE:

1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup milk or 1/2 cup evaporated milk and 1/2 cup water

MEDIUM WHITE SAUCE:

2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup milk or 1/2 cup evaporated milk and 1/2 cup water

THICK WHITE SAUCE:

3 or 4 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup milk or one half cup evaporated milk and 1/2 cup water


Melt butter in a sauce pan and whisk in flour and salt until smooth. Gradually stir in cold milk, cooking over direct heat and stirring constantly until sauce boils; reduce heat slightly and continue to stir until sauce becomes smooth and thick. When sauce thickens, simmer for an additional 10 minutes over very low heat, stirring occasionally.


Stir carefully to avoid lumps. If sauce becomes lumpy, use a stick blender or rotary beater to blend out lumps or else press through a sieve. Wondra flour may be used to great advantage since this flour does not have a tendency to lump.

Answer 6

What were the ingredients? If it was a sauce for pasta or meat try adding flour thickened with water. If it was a desert sauce try adding a little pudding mix.

Answer 7

perhaps not enough corn starch or flour, you can keep the same sauce, bring to a simmer again, add 1 tablespoon of flour to a bit of water and mix until all the lumps are out then pour into your sauce. Let it boil/simmer until it starts to thicken then remove from heat..you'll be good to go.

Answer 8

flour will work
or try cornstarch

Answer 9

need a little bit more feed back as far as what you did then I could tell you.