Cheese Sauce

this Recipe

Cheese sauce looking rich and creamy

Who can't resist cheese? it is so darn delicious! Once we were in Amsterdam, we went into a cheese store and it just smelled delicious. As we walked to the back of the store, we noticed a large barrel with plenty of people standing around it. They were listening to a cheese monger (Yes, that is what one who specializes in cheese is called) talking about the different kinds of cheese he had. He then offered a piece of the many kinds of cheese for everyone to taste. They were all very good. Needless to say, we bought several different kinds and enjoyed them all. What an experience; haven't seen that much in our typical grocery stores.

Cheddar cheese is the cheese I have today so I am using that to make a cheese sauce. I really like cheese sauce; there are so many different things that you can do with it. You can top vegetables, nachos, fries, and even noodles with a good cheese sauce. You can always use whatever kind of cheese you like.

To start the cheese sauce, you have to make a white sauce (also called a Bechamel sauce in France). It is nothing  but butter, flour, and milk. Easy peasy to make.

Making the white sauce:

Take 4 T. of butter or margarine and melt it in a saucepan.

4 T.  butter

melted butter

Add 4 T. of flour to the butter

Flour added to melted butter

Mix in pan until flour is incorporated

A roux of butter and flour

Add the milk to the roux

Adding milk to a roux

Bring to a boil and simmer for about 1 minute or until it gets thick

White sauce bubbling in a saucepan

Making the cheese sauce:

Grate 8 oz. of sharp cheese

Grated cheddar cheese

Add the cheese to the white sauce

Grated cheddar cheese added to white sauce

Mixed up and looking creamy

Cheese sauce

Now you can add the cheese sauce to whatever you want.

Making the cheese sauce is nothing more than adding shredded cheese to the white sauce. You can add some salt and pepper if you like, I'm fine with just the cheese.