Name: Cheese Sauce
Yield: Yield: about 1½ cups.
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: 1½ tablespoons flour; 1½ tablespoons butter; 1 cup grated Cheddar cheese; Freshly ground pepper to taste; Dash of cayenne; Salt to taste, if desired; ½ teaspoon grated nutmeg; ¼ cup heavy cream; 1 cup milk

Preparation info

Yield: about
1½ cups
.

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Craig Claiborne's Southern Cooking

By Craig Claiborne

Published 1987

About

Ingredients

1½ tablespoons butter
1½ tablespoons flour
1 cup

Method

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.
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

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