Homemade Cheese Sauce

Here is a great recipe for a make your own creamy cheese sauce.  I like to use this in casseroles or on pasta.  We love this on our macaroni as the cheese sauce(use sharp cheddar cheese for this)!  Enjoy.

You will need:
2 Tb. butter
2 Tb. flour(I just use brown rice flour by itself but whatever gluten free flour or all purpose you want to
     use should work)
2 cups milk(I use almond milk)
2 Tb. lemon juice
4 cups cheese(you choose the type depending on what sauce you need)
    ex. mozzarella for a turkey and rice, cheddar for macaroni and cheese
2 Tb. white wine(optional)-but if you don’t use this you may need extra milk to help it reach the creamy
    stage

In medium saucepan over medium heat melt the butter.  Stir in the flour with a whisk.  Let the flour and butter form a paste.  Keep whisking, it will begin to smell a bit nutty.  Now whisk in the milk.  Keep whisking until the milk begins to boil.  Turn heat down to low and add the lemon juice.  Now slowly whisk in the cheese so that it is all melted before you add more.  Last, stir in the white wine.  If the sauce is thicker than you want you can add more milk.

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22 Comments

  1. Clairejustine

    Sounds yummy,thanks for joining us at Creative Mondays 🙂

  2. Nancy @Real Food, Allergy Free

    Looks great! Thanks for sharing this at allergy free wednesday! Hope to see you again next week. PS Please make sure you add a link to allergy-free wednesdays. You can grab the button in my side bar here if you prefer http://www.realfoodallergyfree.com/ .

  3. Teressa Oliver

    This sounds easy to make and I think adding some broccoli to would make my fav soup.

    1. Erin Slocum

      Thanks! It probably would make a great broccoli soup. You can find my favorite broccoli soup recipe here- http://forhimandmyfamily.com/2012/02/gluten-freedairy-free-broccoli-cheese.html

  4. Chelsea Saulpaugh

    This would make a great mac and cheese I bet. Thanks for sharing! I love cheese!

  5. linnylou6603

    Thank you for sharing some wonderful recipes! I really appreciate it!

  6. Lillea

    It has been so long since I had cheese sauce thanks to going gluten free so thanks for the recipe that I can try. 🙂

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  7. Lucy Black

    Yummy, I love any cheese sauce! This one looks great!

  8. Fiddlin' Dandi

    Yum, homemade mac and cheese is my favorite!

  9. Erica Barnes

    Sounds good, think I’ll have to make some homemade mac and cheese with this.

  10. Julie B

    My son loves mac and cheese. He would like it if I made him homemade mac and cheese. Thank you for posting.

  11. dusty katt

    I’ve never used the lemon juice before. I’ll have to give that a shot. Thanks.

  12. NenaS

    Thanks for the recipe! I’m going to make this to put on cauliflower with dinner tonight!

  13. KatePratt

    This might actually get my kid to eat her veggies. Whatever it takes right? Thanks!

  14. Carla Bonesteel

    MMMMMMMMMM.cheese. I love it, and I’ll try this with my brocolli!

  15. Wendy Mastin

    I can’t wait to try this recipe. It can be used with so many different foods. Thanks

  16. Gluten Free for Jen

    That sounds so easy and so good! I will have to try it next time I make my home made hamburger helper 🙂

  17. Susan Alban

    I want to try this! Thanks for the recipe

  18. Amberm

    I can think of so many things this could be put on! YUM! Making myself hungry just thinking about it 🙂

    1. Erin S.

      We love putting it on fresh garden veggies this time of year. . . and pasta, always good on pasta.

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