Basic Cheese Sauce

This is a basic cheese sauce recipe which can be varied by adding a few herbs or different varieties of cheese. Adding a wedge of blue cheese can be an interesting variation to this sauce as can camembert or parmesan.

Ingredients

• 2 x large eschallots, chopped
• 2 x tablespoons of butter
• 1/2 cup of flour
• 1 cup grated cheese (tasty or cheddar are fine, but experiment with your favourite varieties)
• 1/2 cup of milk

Method

• Melt butter in a saucepan with eschallots
• Add milk and cheese, simmer and stir
• When cheese is melted and mixture is smooth and creamy, add flour slowly and stir thoroughly to remove all lumps
• Add more milk and whisk if mixture is too hard to pour.

Serve

• Use over vegetables to get kids to eat them. Great on broccoli or cauliflower.
• Use in lasagne
• Pour over fish
• Mix in some roast garlic and use on roast vegetables or meat alongside gravy
• Add a little to potato or sweet potato mash for extra creaminess
• With baked ham or silverside