Can I make cheese sauce in advance?

[starrychime]

Like making my own sauce for macaroni cheese but if I want to have it during the week I'll have to make the sauce the night before or it'll make dinner too late. So, will it keep OK in the fridge and then I can just cook the pasta and when it's done add the sauce and heat it up it the same pot while stirriing it all about together? I had asked a while ago about freezing the sauce and the consenus was it was sort of OK but might curdle a bit, so am thinking it would just be better to do it the night before and just have to cook the pasta. Or would it be all lumpy and maybe have a skin or something?

If i were doing it Starry I would make the whole thing the night before (ie sauce and pasta) and put it in the dish with grated cheese on top then reheat in the oven the next evening. I think if you try to stir it into the past having already made it really cold you will have a thick skin and lumps. Having said that I know that melting button on top of the sauce stops a skin forming so you could try doing that and then reheating.

sorry! should have read "melting BUTTER on top of sauce stops a skin forming!"

Thanks dizzy - I guess 30 mins in the oven would do it? And I would get the lovely crispy top as well . Don't get in from work/after school till about 5 to could get it ready by about 6 I guess.