The Mother of all Sauces!
This rich white sauce, perfect for making pasta dishes—like a Lasagna with White Sauce recipe—is one of France’s main “mother sauces.” Multiple chefs and two countries claim ownership of the sauce, and recipes date back to the 1600s. Regardless, the sauce’s namesake is powerful financier Marquise Louis de Béchamel, a member of King Louis XIV’s court, though it was likely named in his honor rather than invented by him.
