The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science

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smooth and creamy but not gooey) and flavor (you can taste
hints of the flour in the finished product). A purer starch like
cornstarch is a definite step in the right direction, while
replacing the regular milk (or heavy cream) with evaporated
milk seals the deal.
Check out the difference between a béchamel-based
sauce and one made with pure starch and evaporated milk:


See,    as  the evaporated  milk    and starch  mixture cooks,  the
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