Easy Cheesy Sauce

Name: Easy Cheesy Sauce
Ingredients: 2 cups (500 mL) milk; ⅓ cup (80 mL) quinoa flour; ½ tsp (2 mL) salt; ½ tsp (2 mL) Dijon mustard (or ¼ tsp/1 mL mustard powder); ½ tsp (2 mL) Dijon mustard (or ¼ tsp/1 mL mustard powder); ¼ tsp (1 mL) ground black pepper; 1½ cups (375 mL) shredded aged cheddar cheese

Preparation info

Makes
3 cups

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Quinoa 365

By Patricia Green and Carolyn Hemming

Published 2011

About

Much healthier without the thickeners of wheat flour, butter or fat used in a traditional roux, this sauce is gluten-free, fast and foolproof. This cheese sauce will become the only one you ever use!

Ingredients

2 cups (500 mL) milk
⅓ cup (80 mL

Sauce
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Whisk together the milk, flour, salt, mustard and pepper in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Whisk frequently until the sauce thickens and covers the back of a spoon, about 5 to 7 minutes. Remove from the heat and whisk in the cheddar cheese.

Use in all of your favorite cheesy dishes such as pastas and casseroles, or serve with steamed vegetables.