Basic White Sauce With Variations - cooking recipe

Ingredients

White Sauce
1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup flour
2 cups warm milk
salt
white pepper
Veloute Sauce
2 cups well-flavored chicken stock
Cheese Sauce
1 cup shredded cheese, of choice

Preparation

In a saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat. Stir in the flour and cook 2 minutes to cook away the raw taste of the flour.
Add the milk all at once. Stir well, and continue heating until mixture comes to a boil. It will thicken as it heats.
Season to taste with salt and white pepper.
To make Veloute Sauce: Substitute the chicken stock for the milk.
To make Cheese Sauce: Stir in shredded cheese of choice into the cooked Basic White Sauce and stir until melted.