Cheese Sauce

By brandivdh

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups milk, divided
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 2 cups shredded Colby longhorn cheese
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
• 1/8 teaspoon ground red pepper
• 4 drops yellow food coloring

Preparation

Step 1

1. In a small bowl combine 1/2 cup milk with cornstarch; mix well and set aside.

2. In a medium saucepan over low heat, combine cheese with 2 cups milk and melt. Stir in garlic salt, red pepper and food coloring.

3. To the melted cheese add the cornstarch mixture and stir well.

NOTES:
This recipe makes a delicious cheese sauce, providing you assemble it the right way!

Bring the milk to a boil with 1 teaspoon garlic powder, 1/2 teaspoon salt and pepper (left out the food coloring), then whisk in the milk-corn starch slurry. It will thicken almost immediately.

Let it boil for a minute or so, stirring the whole time, then remove it from the heat and stir in the cheese.

The sauce has a great consistency and is very tasty. It does have a slight grainy texture, but ANY sauce made with real cheese is like that. We had it over corkscrew pasta and it was like fancy mac and cheese, would be excellent over broccoli or cauliflower.