Cheese sauce

Step by step: Cheese sauce

• Step1

  Thinly slice 2-3 cloves of garlic. Melt 60 grams (2 oz) of butter in a heavy bottomed saucepot. Add the sliced garlic and cook for a minute.

• Step2

  Add 50 grams (almost 2 oz) of flour and stir to combine. Cook over medium heat for a minute or two, stirring using a wooden spoon. The butter-flour mixture (blond roux) should resemble wet sand.

• Step3

  Turn the heat on to high, and gradually add 1 liter (1 quart) of room temperature milk, stirring constantly, until smooth.

• Step4

  Bring to boil and reduce the heat. Add a pinch of nutmeg, one teaspoon of salt, 0.5 teaspoon of ground black or white pepper and stir. Simmer over low heat for 15 minutes. Pass through a chinois (strainer).

• Step5

  Remove the sauce from the heat, add 100 grams (4 oz) of grated sharp cheddar cheese (or a different kind) and stir until melted and smooth.

• Step6

  Make macaroni and cheese, serve with pasta, cauliflower, broccoli, macaroni, and other dishes.