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

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

Heston Blumenthal's perfect cheese sauce, the ingredients

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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

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 incorporated 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 Thermomix
• http://www.channel4.com/4food/recipes/chefs/heston-blumenthal/cauliflower-cheese-recipe

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