21 bechamel sauce recipes

Sauce Aurore (Aurora sauce) made from a silky bechamel base with tomato paste stirred in for a blush-pink French classic. Seven ingredients, one saucepan, about 15 minutes.

Hunkar begendi, a classic Turkish dish of smoked eggplant folded into a creamy bechamel sauce with mozzarella and nutmeg. Smoky, silky, and rich from charring the eggplant whole.

Traditional Greek moussaka with layers of fried eggplant, potatoes, and ground beef topped with a nutmeg-spiced bechamel sauce with Romano cheese.

Italian sausage fettuccine with hot Italian sausage, onions, and a silky bechamel cream sauce. A weeknight spicy-creamy pasta that's ready in 40 minutes.

Individual baked lasagnas layered with fresh pasta, crisp-tender asparagus, and a pesto-bechamel sauce, topped with golden breadcrumbs. A light, springy green lasagna baked in single gratin dishes.