Written recipe
Perfect Creamy Cheese Sauce
A smooth, creamy cheddar cheese sauce for pasta, nachos, fries, pretzels and vegetables—made from scratch without lumps.
What you’ll need
Ingredients
7 items captured from the original upload.
- 01Butter- 2 tbsp
- 02All-purpose flour- 2 tbsp
- 03Milk- 1 1/2 cups
- 04Ground black pepper- 1/2 tsp
- 05Salt- 1/2 tsp or to taste
- 06Shredded cheddar cheese- 1 1/2 cups
- 07Red pepper flakes- optional, for serving
Description-based method
Cook it step by step
These preparation steps were provided in the original video description.
Watch 3:01 video- 01
Place a saucepan over medium heat and add the butter. Allow it to melt completely.
- 02
Add the all-purpose flour and whisk immediately to combine it with the butter without forming lumps.
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Cook for 2-3 minutes, whisking regularly, until the raw smell of the flour disappears. Do not let the flour brown.
- 04
Add the milk gradually in batches, whisking continuously after each addition.
- 05
Continue cooking over low-to-medium heat, stirring until the sauce begins to thicken.
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Add the ground black pepper and salt, then mix well.
- 07
Add the shredded cheddar cheese and whisk over low heat until it melts completely and the sauce becomes smooth and creamy.
- 08
Keep stirring until the sauce reaches your desired consistency. It is ready when a spatula drawn through it leaves a visible line briefly before the sauce flows back together.
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Serve warm with pasta, nachos, fries, pretzels or vegetables. Finish with red pepper flakes if desired.
Recipe source and review information
Ingredients, quantities and method were extracted from the recipe written in the original Masala & Beyond YouTube description.
Ingredient source: youtube description
Method source: youtube_description