Craig Claiborne

Cheese Sauce

Preparation info
  • Yield: about

    1½ cups

    .
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Craig Claiborne's Southern Cooking
Craig Claiborne's Southern Cooking

By Craig Claiborne

Published 1987

  • About

Ingredients

  • 1½ tablespoons butter
  • 1½ tablespoons flour
  • 1 cup

Method

  1. Melt the butter in a small saucepan and add the flour, stirring with a wire whisk. When blended, add the milk, stirring vigorously with the whisk.
  2. Add the cream, nutmeg, cayenne, salt, and pepper. If the sauce seems too thick, add a little more milk or cream. Bring to the boil and remove from the heat. Immediately add the cheese, stirring until it melts. Reheat