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American · Sauce / condiment
Cheddar Cheese Sauce
A smooth white sauce built on butter, flour and milk, then loaded with sharp white cheddar and finished with nutmeg and cayenne. Toss it with hot pasta for macaroni and cheese, or spoon it over vegetables.
- YieldMakes 2 cups (480 ml)
- Hands-on22 min
- Total24 min
- Difficulty
Ingredients
- 1½ tbspunsalted butter
- 1½ tbspall-purpose flour
- 480 mlwhole milk
- 225 gsharp white cheddar, grated, about 2 cups
- ¼ tspkosher salt
- to tastefreshly ground black pepper
- 1 pinchfreshly grated nutmeg
- 1 pinchcayenne pepper
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