175 bechamel recipes

Favorite turkey broccoli casserole layers cooked turkey and broccoli under a creamy mayo-spiked bechamel, topped with cheddar and buttered breadcrumbs. Classic post-holiday comfort, baked to golden.

Ham and cheese potatoes au gratin with a from-scratch cheddar sauce baked until bubbly. A small-batch casserole sized for two with real homemade bechamel.

Garlic broccoli soup purées a whole dozen blanched garlic cloves with steamed broccoli into a creamy béchamel-based bowl. Rich, comforting, finished with half-and-half and paprika.

Best cheesy chicken chowder simmers tender chicken with potatoes, carrots, celery, and onions in a velvety sharp cheddar bechamel. Hearty crowd-feeding soup with a soy sauce twist for depth.

Creamed broccoli soup blended smooth with thyme and a touch of garlic, then folded into a butter-and-milk bechamel for a velvety bowl that serves equally well warm or chilled.

Classic Greek moussaka with layers of browned eggplant, seasoned ground beef with red wine and cinnamon, and a rich bechamel sauce baked until golden and bubbling. A hearty Mediterranean casserole that serves 10.

Pasticcio di Maccheroni, the Greek baked pasta casserole layered with spiced ground beef, macaroni, grated cheese, and a rich béchamel crown.

Classic Italian lasagna al forno with homemade tomato sauce, bechamel, ricotta, and mozzarella. A three-sauce layered lasagna with red wine in the tomato sauce and nutmeg in the bechamel.

Layered vegetarian moussaka with sauteed eggplant, rich mushroom-tomato sauce with red wine, and creamy ricotta bechamel baked until golden. Greek comfort food, no lamb needed.

Layered chicken lasagna with a herbed tomato-mushroom sauce, creamy bechamel, and three cheeses baked until bubbly. An Italian-American classic that feeds a hungry crowd.

Crabmeat stuffed ravioli served with a sauce béchamel. Takes time to make but well worth the effort to impress our just tread yourself!

Pasta tossed with homemade basil pesto, a light olive oil bechamel, sun-dried tomatoes, and toasted breadcrumbs. A layered Italian pasta with three sauces in one bowl.

Olive Garden copycat seafood Torcello with cod, clams, shrimp, and crab in a garlic-sherry bechamel sauce tossed with radiatore pasta. A rich, restaurant-style seafood pasta you can make at home.

Classic beef lasagna with ricotta filling, bechamel sauce, and layers of mozzarella and Parmesan. A hybrid Italian-American recipe that uses both white and red sauces for creamy richness.

Traditional lasagne from Bologna uses handmade egg pasta, a long-simmered pork Bolognese with white wine and cream, silky bechamel, and Parmigiano-Reggiano. No mozzarella, no ricotta, just the real deal.

Classic Italian spinach lasagna layered with fresh pasta, ricotta-spinach filling, tomato sauce, and bechamel. From-scratch vegetarian showstopper.