Instructions: 1. Melt butter then add flour. At this point it is a WHITE ROUX... the next stage is BLONDE ROUX, this is cooked approx. 3 minutes past the white. the next stage is BROWN ROUX, this is cooked until a brown color appears and you can smell a nutty aroma. and the last stage is BLACK BUTTER, just like it says it is pretty close to black.

this recipe for blonde or white roux will thicken 1 gallon of liquid the brown will thicken 3/4 gallon and the black will thicken a 1/2 gallon

NOTES : either add hot roux to cold liquid or cold roux to hot liquid!

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