Best Cheese Sauce

Description

This fabulous cheese sauce is as easy to make as it is versatile. A smooth, fail-safe sauce for Welsh rarebit, Horseshoe sandwiches, vegetables, and pasta. Try it over poached eggs and toast. Wow!

Ingredients

  • ½ cup butter
  • ¼ cup all-purpose flour
  • 2 cups half-and-half
  • 2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper

Instructions

  1. Melt butter in a saucepan over low heat. Blend in flour and cook until mixture is smooth and bubbly
  2. 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in half-and-half
  3. Cheddar cheese
  4. salt
  5. pepper
  6. and cayenne. Return to heat and cook
  7. stirring constantly
  8. until sauce is smooth
  9. about 5 minutes. Keep warm until serving.

Prep Time: 5 mins

Cook Time: 10 mins

Total Time: 15 mins

Servings: 4

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