White Sauce with Cornflour

saucepan and mixing bowl

600ml milk (or plant milk)
4 tbsp Doves Farm Organic Cornflour
salt and pepper

1. Measure the milk into a saucepan then remove five tablespoons of the milk to a bowl.
2. Heat the pan of milk until it is almost boiling then take it off the heat.
3. Add the cornflour to the cold milk stirring to make a smooth paste.
4. Pour half of the hot milk onto the paste stirring as you do this.
5. Tip the mixture back into the saucepan.
6. Return the pan to the heat and stir as the sauce thickens.
7. Allow the sauce to bubble gently and cook for a minute while stirring.
8. Stir and season with salt and pepper.