Heston Blumenthal's perfect cheese sauce

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Heston Blumenthal's perfect cheese sauce, the ingredients

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.

Ingredients

for the cheese sauce

• 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

1. Add the reduced stock and wine to a pan over a medium heat
2. Mix in the grated Gruyère and cornflower and mix well until the cheese is incorperated into the stock
3. Remove the pan from the heat and add a few drops or truffle oil
4. Use as required

See also

• Heston Blumenthal's perfect cauliflower cheese - Normal recipe
• Heston Blumenthal's perfect cauliflower cheese (TM) - recipe for a [[T
• http://www.channel4.com/4food/recipes/chefs/heston-blumenthal/cauliflower-cheese-recipe