How to Use béchamel in a Sentence

béchamel

noun

• When the bechamel has cooled somewhat, stir in 4 of the yolks.
  — James P. Dewan, charlotteobserver, 2 Oct. 2017
• For the bechamel sauce, melt butter over medium heat in a saucepan.
  — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 8 Apr. 2021
• Other days there might be cheese and bechamel or ragu lasagna.
  — Linda Bladholm, miamiherald, 22 Mar. 2018
• Rest assured, his pot pie will be whipped up from scratch, down to the bechamel for the filling.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2019
• To make the bechamel, melt 3 tablespoons of butter in a small sauce pan.
  — James P. Dewan, charlotteobserver, 2 Oct. 2017
• The sauce was kind of like a bechamel, but a whole lot easier, with a bit of cream cheese to give it body.
  — Kim Walker, Woman's Day, 17 May 2012
• The yolks melt into the bechamel, giving it a spring-timey yellow hue.
  — Adam Rapoport, Bon Appétit, 22 July 2019
• The ham, gruyere and bechamel meshed in fresh and flavorful fashion.
  — Tim Smith, baltimoresun.com, 24 May 2018
• Essen on Main’s Croque Monsieur is broiled and topped with gruyere and bechamel.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 17 Dec. 2019
• Bianca al Forno is a white lasagne with a classic bechamel base.
  — Kaila Yu, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
• Ragu sauce and bechamel are fillers between each layer.
  — Irene S. Levine, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
• Fold in the bechamel sauce and cook for 4 to 5 minutes, until the mixture just begins to simmer.
  — NOLA.com, 9 May 2017
• Because of this, there was no dripping or spillage when removing the bechamel from the saute pan.
  — Rennie Dyball, Peoplemag, 16 Mar. 2023
• Spoon a tablespoon or two of the bechamel mixture on top of each pastry square.
  — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 8 Apr. 2021
• The potpie, full of bits of Maine lobster and crawfish in a silky bechamel, had the requisite flaky crust, and an earthy theme.
  — Anna Caplan, star-telegram, 1 Feb. 2018
• Bring to a boil, continuing to whisk, and cook until the bechamel is smooth and thick, about 5 minutes.
  — Brianna Crane, Axios, 23 Nov. 2024
• The topping is made with Brussels sprouts that get the bechamel treatment with aged cheddar and spicy hot mustard.
  — Christian Reynoso, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Nov. 2021
• The sandwich — two big slices of the house sourdough brushed on the outside with butter and on the inside with bechamel sauce and then stuffed with caramelized onions, Comté cheese and chives — went on the griddle.
  — Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com, 1 May 2020
• If that doesn’t whet your appetite, maybe the Brazilian moqueca and squash ravioli in a bechamel sauce will.
  — Bloomberg.com, 28 Feb. 2018
• The mac-n-cheese has an elevated pasta feel thanks to rigatoni noodles and a beefy bechamel sauce as its base.
  — Alex Darus, cleveland, 28 July 2023
• This isn’t a traditional tetrazzini, which relies on a butter-and-flour roux, and lots of milk, for a bechamel sauce.
  — Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2021
• Spring for the sumptuous conch fritters — near-liquid with bechamel and onion in the center and light and golden as the best tempura outside.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 17 May 2023
• Continue with at least 4 more layers of noodles, bechamel, Bolognese, and cheese.
  — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 1 Jan. 2018
• Luckily the cheese was hot enough for the final, customary stir in which molten cheese, fresh egg, and a couple of pats of butter create a cheesy, bechamel-like hot dip.
  — Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
• Luscious little balls of salty ham and minced chicken were stirred into a thick bechamel sauce before being breaded and fried.
  — Lindsey McClave, The Courier-Journal, 27 June 2018
• The new items include ramen and udon carbonara, which is made with udon noodles cooked in Shimogamo's special bechamel sauce.
  — Lauren Saria, azcentral, 6 Feb. 2020
• Both sauces are layered with fresh pasta, bechamel, Pecorino Romano and Parmigiano.
  — Jenn Harriscolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2022
• Then there is the ultra-creamy seafood macaroni and cheese full of crab, shrimp, crawfish and penne in bechamel sauce spiced with Foster’s Cajun seasoning blend.
  — Liz Biro, Indianapolis Star, 25 Feb. 2020
• Skip the bechamel or the roux, and simply make your pasta, warm up your queso, and blend.
  — Aly Walansky, Southern Living, 24 Apr. 2026
• Also my wife’s homemade pasta rolls stuffed with spinach and ricotta cheese, then baked on a bed of tangy tomato sauce and buttery bechamel.
  — Irv Erdos, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2025