Emergency cheese sauce recipe needed.

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Friends arriving in 20 mins. DH meant to be home to make a cheese sauce. Trains delayed. Result = I have to make a cheese sauce right now and I have no idea how.

Any tips?

Bung a pot of creme fraiche/cream and some strong cheese on top of whatever it is that needs a sauce. I've just made a fish pie doing this and it was lovely

Or make a white sauce - mix butter and flour, cook for a bit then stir in milk slowly (don't panic, it will seize at the beginning) - then add grated cheese. Keep calm and have a glass of wine . What's it for?

Melt a big blob of butter, add just under a tablespoon of plain flour and cook until it forms a paste. Gradually add milk and stir over a gentle heat (if any lumps form, use a whisk). Hottish milk is better than cold tbh

When you have sufficient quantity add grated cheese according to taste. Over a gentle heat, do not allow to boil

Or do as maidamess suggests.

Am world's lousiest cook and I've just managed to master this (thanks to Annabel Karmel weaning cheese sauce recipe ). Honestly if i can do it anyone cna.

Nice big clump of butter (15g or so)
Two tbsps (or 15g, whatever, don't think it makes much odds) plain flour
150ml or 5fl oz milk
30g of yellow cheese (cheddar, gruyere, emmental, whatever)
2tbsps parmesan grated
mascarpone if you have it but no worries if not.

Butter in saucepan over low heat, let it melt. Don't burn it!

Stir in flour gradually and keep it on flame for about a minute, will become paste stuff.

Now stir in milk, slowly, bring mixture to the boil and cook for few minutes over low heat - should thicken up and be smooth

Remove from heat, stir in your grated cheese until melted and, well, serve!

it literally takes about 5 mins once all the grating faff is done. Except i usually grate my fingers and then have to find plster blah blah

make sure you add the milk very slowlt tho as it can easily become lumpy cheese sauce

Thanks guys. I have no cream or creme fraiche so will go with the white sauce recipe. I knew it was something like that but have clearly never paid any attention to what DH was actually doing.

I am honestly not usually so crap in the kitchen. Its just my mother taught by how to cook and all her recipes came from Turkey. Show me an aubergine and some okra and I will make you a feast, ask for a cream sauce and I will run a mile!

Cheese sauce is just white sauce with the grated cheese stirred in at the end! Panic not! (Assuming you have some kind of cheese that is )

Good luck - was about to tut-tut re the sauce

Would be interested in any aubergine or okra recipes you have!

yum, i'd love to do something turkish with aubergine and okra. have you posted anything on mn recipes bit?

actually i have an ageing aub in the fridge. it was going to be roasted and pureed but i'm up for something else tomorrow. are okra in season atm? can't recall seeing any lately.

Mercy - That is the recipe for bechamel sauce

... with cheese.

and Tallis.

Really? Really I can make bechamel sauce?