Heston Blumenthal's perfect cheese sauce
This is Heston's the cheese sauce used with Heston Blumenthal's perfect cauliflower cheese. It is just as good with pasta, any vegetables and anywhere a rich cheese sauce is needed.
| Heston Blumenthal's perfect cheese sauce | |
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| Used with 3 variations of cauliflower | |
| Servings: | Serves 4 |
| Calories per serving: | 367 |
| Ready in: | 25 minutes |
| Prep. time: | 15 minutes |
| Cook time: | 10 minutes |
| Difficulty: | 
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| Recipe author: | Chef |
| First published: | 2nd February 2013 |
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Best recipe reviewVery rich, quite complex 5/5 but definitely worth the effort |
for the cheese sauce
Ingredients
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- 500ml chicken stock, reduced to 200ml and kept warm
- 300ml white wine, reduced to 30ml
- 120g grated gruyère cheese
- 20g cornflour
- 20g soft cheese
- Knob of butter
- Drops of truffle oil
Mise en place
- Reduce the white wine from 500 ml to 30 ml, or cheat and use dry sherry!
- Reduce the chicken stock from 500 ml to 200 ml
Method
- Add the reduced stock and wine to a pan over a medium heat
- Mix in the grated Gruyère and cornflower and mix well until the cheese is incorporated into the stock
- Remove the pan from the heat and add a few drops or truffle oil
- Use as required
See also
- Heston Blumenthal's perfect cauliflower cheese - Normal recipe
- Heston Blumenthal's perfect cauliflower cheese (TM) - recipe for a Thermomix
- http://www.channel4.com/4food/recipes/chefs/heston-blumenthal/cauliflower-cheese-recipe
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