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Creamy Cheese Sauce

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Introduction

Made this sauce one day when there was no other pasta sauce in the house! Sort of a chuck together combo thing! hehe Very yummy with pasta, especially as carbonara!

Made this sauce one day when there was no other pasta sauce in the house! Sort of a chuck together combo thing! hehe Very yummy with pasta, especially as carbonara!

Ingredients

Serves: 2 - 4

Metric Cups
  • 75 grams butter
  • 125 grams plain flour
  • ½ litre full fat milk
  • 125 grams mature cheddar
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • 1 freshly ground pepper
  • 2⅔ ounces butter
  • 4⅖ ounces all-purpose flour
  • ⅘ pint whole milk
  • 4⅖ ounces mature cheddar
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • 1 freshly ground pepper

Method

Creamy Cheese Sauce is a community recipe submitted by ScrummyDoDa and has not been tested by Nigella.com so we are not able to answer questions regarding this recipe.

  • Melt butter in a saucepan. Add flour until it forms a smooth paste. Gradually stir in the milk in the saucepan until a smooth sauce is formed. Simmer for about 1 minute to reduce milk.
  • Add the cheese still on the heat into the saucepan until completely melted. Add the seasoning.
  • Melt butter in a saucepan. Add flour until it forms a smooth paste. Gradually stir in the milk in the saucepan until a smooth sauce is formed. Simmer for about 1 minute to reduce milk.
  • Add the cheese still on the heat into the saucepan until completely melted. Add the seasoning.
  • Additional Information

    N.B Sometimes I add finely chopped herbs to add taste and colour to the sauce.

    N.B Sometimes I add finely chopped herbs to add taste and colour to the sauce.

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    What 2 Others have said

    • I agree with the previous comment by SpookyHelen. The recipe is unworkable with the indicated quantity of flour in it. I would suggest reducing the flour content to a range between 40g and 60g depending on how thick you wish the sauce to become.

      Posted by Orkneytim on 13th January 2016
    • Not the best recipe at all, tastes just like flour. Wouldn't recommend this at all, maybe try 40grams of flour.

      Posted by spookyhelen on 25th September 2014
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