Has anyone got a simple idiot-proof cheese sauce recipe please? ...and can it be frozen?

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Just as the title says really ...

Has anyone got a simple idiot-proof (yes i am the idiot ) cheese sauce recipe that even I can follow successfully?

...and can it be frozen and stored to mix with pasta as an easy meal for dd?

TIA

Melt butter in pan, a table spoon, well just a sppon full, add plain flour until all the butter is absorbed, add milk, bring to the boil while stirring, cook the taste of flour off, add grated cheese. Freeze when cool.

i do a tablespoon of butter, melt that. then a tablespoon of plain flour, whisk them together and let them cook for a minute or so. then add milk until it's as thick as i like, maybe 400mls, or 500mls, depends. then add cheese to taste. keep it cooking til the cheese melts.

not sure about freezing it, doesn't take long to make from scratc so i wouldn't bother.

It can be frozen fine. Ruddynora's recipe is the one I use too. It is idiot proof.

3/4 pint milk, 1.5oz butter, 1oz flour, grated cheese.

Combine all ingredients in pan. As long as it is all cold when you put it in the pan, you can make it without making a roux. Heat gently and stir with a balloon whisk until it starts to thicken. Add grated cheese to taste. This is Delia's idiot proof recipe for white sauce and you only need to add your cheese then et voila!

I melt about a tbsp of butter in a pan (dont let it burn), 3tbsp of flour and about a pint of milk (pyrex jug full) whisk together (cheat and use a hand blender if you have one) till there are no lumps. Pour into the pan stirring continously - dont stop or it will go lumpy keep on heat and stirring til it thickens a bit then add grated cheese, stir til it melts.

fine to freeze - I do it all the time.

I'm sure she delivers it much better than me!

Just recently, thanks to Nigella, I started taking the pan off the heat while blending the cold milk in with the roux. This is so much better and it never goes lumpy. Then put it back on the heat and heat gently for around 5 mins - you don't need to stir it continuously. And it's best to take it off the heat again to combine the cheese, otherwise it can go a bit grainy.

You could try just adding a bit of creme fraiche or cream cheese mixed with grated cheese to the sauce if you can't be doing with a white sauce faff

Fabulous! Thanks all

the best quick recipe I have isn't really a recipe... I just throw in whatever cheese I have in the house..

1 tub of creame fraice
1 cup grated chedder cheese
1/2 cup grated parmigan cheese
1/2 to 1 teaspoon garlic ( I use the squeezie kind as its quick and I'm lazy)
pepper to season and a pinch of oregano if desired

put everything in a pan on a low to medium heat and stir until cheese has melted... gorgeous.. quick.. and no messing about with flour and milk... and its freezable.. you can add other cheese to it.. sometimes i put in a small amount of stilton... or emmental .. depends what we have in the fridge...