Cheese Sauce

[NoMercy]

How do you make yours?

I make a roux and gradually add milk, then cheese. If it's for a lasagne I'll add an egg yolk and a tap of mustard.

I just wondered about other ways to make it.

[Tilly2]

packet mix :-)

[NoMercy]

Tilly, noooooooooo!

[Tilly2]

Tub of cheese sauce granules then?

[Tilly2]

Actually, I buy a carton of ready made four cheese sauce from Sainsburys. It's lovely.

[zebo]

I usually use a roux etc and, depending on what I use for, I'll add mustard and/or some Worcester sauce. On a James Martin programme however he used milk, cornflour, cheese etc and it does work almost as well and is much easier. I used the milk and cornflour method for brandy sauce at Christmas where the flavour of the brandy dominates.

[Prudie]

If it has to be decent then as I was taught at school - make a roux, gradually add milk and stir in a figure of eight, add the cheese at the end - all that brings back horror memories of DS lessons from the school 'fanny'.

[NoMercy]

Ha Ha, Prudie. My cookery teacher was a 4'5" demon with a pudding bowl haircut.

[Tilly2]

I didn't do Home Economics/Needlework at school. That's why I can't bake, sew or make a cheese sauce. :-

[choux]

Similar to your method but I add a bit of parmesan for extra flavour, just the egg yolk and always Colman's dry mustard. For all my sauces I add the butter, flour and milk in one go and then cook the mixture. Enjoy your meal :)

[choux]

Lol at Tilly. NoMercy, why don't you ask her how to make gravy? ;)

[NoMercy]

How did you get away with that, Tilly? I did both.

My needlework teacher was also my form tutor and is the only person who's ever called my "Carrie". She and I stayed in contact after I left school and sometimes met up for a pot of tea on a Saturday.

[NoMercy]

Choux, I daren't ;-)

[DTCwordfan]

I make it the same way - but also can add chipotle - great for an adult mac and cheese (bacon/leeks/onions in it and then a mass of cherry toms on top).

[melv16]

I feel sorry for Tilly's husband:-)

[ummmm]

Same as you.

People get put off by how the roux reacts to the milk and think they've stuffed it up. Just keep stirring and adding milk. I've never had a cheese sauce go wrong to date.

[Tilly2]

It was just the way the timetable was organised, NoM. My class had extra science lessons instead of HE and Needlework. We were a 'special stream'. :-)

[Prudie]

oh melv it's not 1950 :-) I'm the same, my husband does pretty much all the food shopping and cooking - it's bliss for me.

[choux]

ummmm, nothing worse than seeing a cheese sauce before the magistrates' bench!

[Tilly2]

I can make gravy. :-)

[NoMercy]

I have Chipotle in the cupboard, ST, gathering dust!