Heston Blumenthal's perfect cheese sauce

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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

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:
Recipe author:	Chef
First published:	2nd February 2013

Best recipe review Very rich, quite complex 5/5 but definitely worth the effort Susie

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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

Heston Blumenthal's perfect cheese sauce

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