Quick N Easy Cheese Sauce

[Ric.ror]

Please remember I am not much of a cook so could anyone recommend a cheese sauce I can use when freezing pasta - bear in mind I'm not averse to using something like Elm leigh - in fact that is to be encouraged by me

Cheers me dears

[ummmm]

Making a cheese sauce is very quick and easy :-)

[janbee]

With a cheese sauce, I would always use a very mature and strong cheddar. If I have any cambazola or similar, then I add that for an extra kick. Don't forget to also add English mustard.

[-Talbot-]

I'll ask bernie.

[mccfluff]

cheese sauce is dead easy to make, melt butter & add flour, stir together to make a roux, slowly add your milk until you get a white sauce, then add your cheese of choice. I like a mix of strong cheddar & emmental , plenty of pepper, keep the heat low to medium, you don't want it to boil

[-Talbot-]

flour,butter,milk salt n pepper loads of cheeses when sauce is cooked right through

[ummmm]

And remember...it might look like it's going lumpy but it's not. Just keep stirring adding more milk as you go.

[-Talbot-]

Don't add too much milk at one time, that will stop it going lumpy.

[Ric.ror]

I haven't made a cheese sauce for 15 years and when I did it tasted of flour
Can't I use elmleigh and grated cheese

please

[vakayu]

If you cannot be bothered with the whole roux thing cheat and thicken with cornflour slaked in milk!

[mccfluff]

you can use what you like :-) i expect it will be very heavy & rich though, i love cheese sauces but the thought of that is too much for me. try it, let us know what its like

[dannyk13]

Use whichever cheese suits your taste

[vakayu]

I don't know if Elmlea freezes well?

[jennyjoan]

could you buy a good cheese mix - I have used them for my lasagne but I did add extra cheese - it was good.

[ummmm]

Vak....I don't think it does.

[bednobs]

what is elm leigh?

[ummmm]

Long life cream.

[vakayu]

It is a proprietary brand of alternative to cream made with buttermilk and veg oils.

[bednobs]

eerrgghh don't use cream!

[jourdain2]

Jennyjoan - Bisto does cheese sauce granules! On their own they make a terrible sauce, but if your roux and sauce goes a bit runny a spoonful is good to thicken it. Don't tell everyone.:)