lasagna "white sauce"

[Cordelia]

I just came home with all the ingredients for lasagna except i forgot to get flour to make the bechamel sauce. I have self raising flour but I think that would be awful - do you think?

Are there any alternatives!! I have cream... and lots of cheese

any ideas?

[chunkydunks]

Self raising is fine. I've use it before and it doesn't make a difference.

[kaybee]

hmmm not sure on the SR flour.

Do you have cornflour? my mum makes her white sauce using it instead. As in doesn't make a roux but brings milk and a tabsp of butter to a simmer and in a seperate little bowl blends a tabsp or 2 of cornflour and a little milk together to form a paste then adds that to the milk and stir it until it thickens.

Maybe you could mix together Cream and grated cheese and use that as the "white" layer?

[Yummy Mummy of 5]

The self rising flour has baking powder, but it will start to out gas the minute it gets wet, so the effect on your final sauce should be minimal :chef:

[Ffrenchstar]

I have used SR flour heaps in white sauce, it is fine:)

[Cordelia]

thyanks everyoen for your replies!

i used SR flour and it wasn't a COMPLETE disaster :)