Cheese sauce

Cheese sauce is a universal product that can be served as an addition to various dishes of all kinds of cuisines - pasta, seafood, meat, French fries and others. You can use different types of cheese and vary the taste of the finished product with aromatic herbs and spices.

Homemade pasta cheese sauce

A cheese-based sauce is an ideal complement to macaroni or other types of pasta. The sauce is reminiscent of creamy bechamel in its preparation method, but a generous amount of cheese makes its taste richer and brighter.

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   How to make cheese sauce at home? A piece of hard cheese is grated into shavings.
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   Heat the butter in a saucepan until it melts, then add the flour and fry well for a couple of minutes.
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   Carefully pour milk little by little into the butter-flour mixture, vigorously stirring the mixture with a whisk.
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   The mixture is heated until the sauce begins to thicken, then spices and salt are added.
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   At the end of cooking, add cheese shavings, mix and cook until the cheese has dissolved. Pour the prepared sauce over the boiled pasta and serve.

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Spicy garlic cheese sauce

A piquant cheese sauce with garlic and dill goes well with a variety of dishes - from croutons and French fries to meat or fish dishes. To make the taste even more spicy and piquant, chili pepper and fresh dill are added to it.

Cooking time: 10 min.

Cooking time: 5 min.

Servings – 4.

Ingredients:

• Hard cheese – 50 gr.
• Garlic – 3 teeth.
• Dill – 2 sprigs.
• Chili pepper – 0.25 pcs.
• Processed cream cheese – 100 gr.
• Sour cream – 1 tbsp. l.

Cooking process:

1. Hard cheese of your favorite variety is grated into small chips.

2. The garlic needs to be crushed and chopped very finely.

3. Do the same with a piece of chili pepper and sprigs of dill.

4. Mix all the prepared ingredients in one bowl, add sour cream, if not too thick, and grated cheese. Heat the sauce over the fire until the cheese dissolves.

5. Then beat the mass well to obtain a homogeneous, aromatic sauce. Serve with your favorite dishes. Bon appetit!

Homemade cheese sauce like McDonald's

One of the favorite additions in McDonald's restaurants is the original cheese sauce, the taste of which perfectly complements the taste of classic French fries or chicken nuggets. Making this sauce is quite simple: you only need certain ingredients and a little free time.

Cooking time: 45 min.

Cooking time: 5 min.

Servings – 2.

Ingredients:

• Butter – 40 gr.
• Wheat flour – 40 gr.
• Milk – 600 ml.
• Salt - to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Hard cheese – 120 gr.
• Lemon juice – 1-2 tbsp. l.
• Ground nutmeg – 1 pinch.
• Bay leaf - to taste.
• Dried cloves – 2 pcs.

Cooking process:

1. Heat the butter cut into pieces in a saucepan and, constantly stirring the melted butter, add flour.

2. When the mass becomes homogeneous, whisking vigorously with a whisk, add milk.

3. Add spices to the milk-flour mixture and cook the sauce for 10 minutes. The fire is reduced to minimum. At the end of cooking, remove clove buds and laurel leaves from the sauce.

4. Separately combine cheese shavings with lemon juice and keep it at room temperature for half an hour.

5. Add cheese to the sauce, simmering over low heat on the stove, and mix very well so that the cheese shavings dissolve. The sauce is ready!

Simple and delicious cheese sauce with milk

An easy recipe for a delicious sauce, which is prepared with the addition of milk and your favorite broth - vegetable or meat. If you use fish stock, the sauce can be served with rice, pasta or seafood.

Cooking time: 15 min.

Cooking time: 5 min.

Servings – 4.

Ingredients:

• Milk – 200 ml.
• Broth (chicken, fish, vegetable) – 200 ml.
• Wheat flour – 1 tbsp. l.
• Hard or processed cheese – 150 gr.
• Butter – 30 gr. + 20 gr.
• Salt - to taste.
• Spices - to taste.

Cooking process:

1. Melt butter (30 g) in a deep frying pan and add wheat flour to it, stirring thoroughly.

2. Milk and broth are preheated so that they are at the same temperature as the butter-flour mixture.

3. Milk is gradually added to the pan, followed by broth. In this case, the mass must be intensively stirred and heated so that the sauce begins to thicken.Keep the mixture over medium heat for 3 minutes.

4. After this, add grated hard cheese or chopped processed cheese into the sauce. Mix well and heat until the cheese has dissolved.

5. When the sauce reaches the desired consistency, season it with salt to taste, add spices and a little more butter (20 g) to make it more tender and rich.

How to make your own nacho cheese sauce?

Mexican corn chips - nachos - should be served with homemade cheese sauce, whose taste is enhanced by Cheddar cheese and cayenne pepper. It should be remembered that cayenne pepper is very aromatic, but very hot, so you should add it with caution.

Cooking time: 20 min.

Cooking time: 5 min.

Servings – 4.

Ingredients:

• Butter – 2 tbsp. l.
• Milk – 1 tbsp.
• Salt – 0.25 tsp.
• Cayenne pepper – 0.25 tsp.
• Cheddar cheese – 250 gr.

Cooking process:

1. Heat the oil in a deep, thick-walled frying pan and mix with sifted flour. The mixture is fried until it forms a light paste.

2. Milk is gradually added to the mixture and whisked until the sauce becomes homogeneous and begins to thicken slowly.

3. Add the required amount of cayenne pepper to taste, a little salt to the mixture and beat well.

4. At the very end, add cheese, which should be grated in advance, and heat the sauce a little more so that the cheese dissolves.

5. Serve cheese sauce warm or cold. Enjoy!

Creamy cheese sauce for chicken

Chicken dishes are often complemented with various sauces, and cream-based cheese sauce is perfect for this purpose. It is recommended to use a mixture of Italian herbs when preparing the sauce, which adds flavor and freshness to the delicate sauce.

Cooking time: 20 min.

Cooking time: 5 min.

Servings – 4.

Ingredients:

• Cream – 200 ml.
• Processed cheese – 180 gr.
• Vegetable oil – 1 tbsp. l.
• Mixture of Italian herbs – 0.5 tsp.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Hard cheese – 50 gr.
• Salt - to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.

Cooking process:

1. Pour not too heavy cream into a saucepan and lay out a portion of processed cheese, the mixture is slowly heated.

2. Whip the cream and cheese with a whisk and keep it on the fire so that it becomes homogeneous and the cheese pieces dissolve.

3. When the mixture boils, seasoning is added to it - Italian herbs, then you need to taste it and add salt and pepper if required.

4. After boiling, add grated cheese into the sauce and beat the mixture well.

5. The sauce is cooked over medium heat for about 3 minutes until it becomes homogeneous, and then served with chicken dishes.

Quick and easy cheese sauce for potatoes

Creamy cheese sauce made with white wine, nutmeg and garlic is a great addition to all kinds of potatoes - pie or fries, root vegetable nuggets or mashed potatoes. It is easy to prepare and incredibly tasty.

Cooking time: 20 min.

Cooking time: 5 min.

Servings – 6.

Ingredients:

• Butter – 50 gr.
• Milk – 2 tbsp.
• Wheat flour – 3 tbsp. l.
• Hard cheese – 150 gr.
• Garlic – 2 teeth.
• White wine – 1 tbsp. l.
• Ground nutmeg – 1 pinch.
• Salt - to taste.
• Freshly ground black pepper - to taste.
• Bay leaf - to taste.
• Cloves – 1 pc.

Cooking process:

1. Cut the butter into cubes and melt in a saucepan.

2. Add flour little by little to the heated oil and mix the mixture thoroughly.

3.Gradually pour milk into the saucepan and continue stirring well to combine the components of the mixture.

4. Add spices to the sauce, add salt and cook over low heat for about 10 minutes. Afterwards, remove a bay leaf and a clove bud from the sauce.

5. Add thin shavings of cheese to the sauce and cook for a few more minutes until the cheese pieces are completely dissolved.

6. Next, add wine and very finely chopped garlic cloves to the sauce, cook for another 3 minutes, and then let it cool a little, and when it starts to thicken, serve with potato dishes.

Homemade pizza cheese sauce

An integral part of pizza is tomato sauce, but cheese sauce, if used to decorate the pizza, will not only not spoil its taste, but will also improve it, making it juicier and richer. You can use more than one type of cheese, and don’t skimp on the basil.

Cooking time: 25 min.

Cooking time: 5 min.

Servings – 4.

Ingredients:

• Butter – 2 tbsp. l.
• Olive oil – 1 tbsp. l.
• Finely diced onion – 0.25 tbsp.
• Garlic – 2 teeth.
• Wheat flour – 3 tbsp. l.
• Milk – 1 tbsp.
• Grated Parmesan cheese – 0.5 tbsp.
• Fresh chopped basil – 2 tbsp. l.
• Dried oregano – 0.5 tsp.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Salt - to taste.

Cooking process:

1. Heat two types of butter in a saucepan, and when the butter becomes liquid, add chopped garlic and onion to the oil mixture. Cook them for a minute, the heat should be low.

2. Add flour, knead well and cook for a couple more minutes.

3. Pour milk, herbs, spices into a saucepan and add salt. Beat the mixture well and let it boil.

4. Add Parmesan and cook until the sauce is smooth and begins to thicken.

5.The saucepan with the sauce is removed from the stove and consumed with pizza. Ready!

How to make a delicious cheese sauce for croutons?

A good recipe for an afternoon snack or a light dinner with friends. In addition to croutons, you can dip nuggets, vegetable sticks or French fries in this cheese sauce. Even novice housewives can handle the preparation.

Cooking time: 30 min.

Cooking time: 5 min.

Servings – 4.

Ingredients:

For croutons:

• Rye bread – 1 pc.
• Butter - to taste.

For the sauce:

• Olive oil – 1 tbsp. l.
• Sour cream – 1 tbsp. l.
• Hard cheese (3 varieties) – 240 gr.
• Garlic – 1 tooth.
• Salt - to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.

Cooking process:

1. Cut the bread into bars, place it on a baking sheet, lightly sprinkle with oil and bake in the oven at medium heating temperature for about 15 minutes.

2. Heat the butter in a small deep frying pan.

3. For the sauce, you can use different types of cheese, including Dor Blue, Gorgonzola, hard varieties or mozzarella. Favorite types of cheese are grated or finely chopped.

4. In a frying pan with butter, mix sour cream, garlic and cheeses, stir and add pepper and salt to taste. Cook everything together for a few minutes to get a homogeneous cheese mass.

5. The sauce is transferred to a bowl and served with hot, toasted croutons. Bon appetit!

Delicious cheese sauce for mussels

Mussels in cheese sauce is a delicious and original dish with which you can surprise your loved ones and friends. If you use noble varieties of cheese, the dish will be worthy of a festive table - appetizing and original!

Cooking time: 30 min.

Cooking time: 5 min.

Servings – 4.

Ingredients:

• Mussels in shells – 500 gr.
• Butter – 40 gr.
• Dry white wine – 150 ml.
• Garlic – 3 teeth.
• Celery stalk – 1 pc.
• Red onion – 0.5 pcs.
• Parsley – 3 sprigs.
• Curry – 2 tsp.
• Cream – 50 ml.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Salt - to taste.
• Cheese – 100 gr.

Cooking process:

1. The mussels are washed and dried.

2. The onion is thinly sliced ​​to form half rings, the garlic is chopped into slices.

3. The celery stalk is cut into thin slices, and the parsley is chopped as finely as possible.

4. Melt the butter in a thick-walled frying pan and fry the previously prepared ingredients in it.

5. When the vegetables and herbs are slightly browned, add the mussels to the pan and cook everything together for 5 minutes.

6. Pour wine into the seafood and vegetables, cover with a lid and allow the mussels to open.

7. After this, pour in the cream, add cheese and curry seasoning, mix everything and continue cooking for a few more minutes. If necessary, adjust to taste with salt and pepper. The dish is served with croutons. Ready!