It’s Bechamel sauce, not bechamal. It was named after the Marquis de Béchamel, one of Louis XIV’s generals in France, who was reputed to have invented it.

It’s Bechamel sauce, not bechamal. It was named after the Marquis de Béchamel, one of Louis XIV’s generals in France, who was reputed to have invented it.

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