Cheese Sauce

Name: Cheese Sauce
Ingredients: 1/2 clove garlic; 1 cup beer; 2 cups (about 8 ounces) coarsely grated Colby cheese or orange cheddar cheese; 2 teaspoons cornstarch; 2 teaspoons prepared mustard; Coarse salt (kosher or sea) and freshly ground black pepper

6 ingredients

3 steps

Ingredients

1/2 clove garlic
1 cup beer
2 cups (about 8 ounces) coarsely grated Colby cheese or orange cheddar cheese
2 teaspoons cornstarch
2 teaspoons prepared mustard
Coarse salt (kosher or sea) and freshly ground black pepper

Directions

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1. Rub the bottom and side of a heavy saucepan with the cut garlic. Place the garlic clove in the pan, add the beer, and bring to a boil over high heat.
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2. Meanwhile, place the cheese and cornstarch in a bowl and toss to mix. Sprinkle the cheese into the boiling beer, stirring it with a wooden spoon. Let the sauce come back to a boil; it will thicken.
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3. Reduce the heat slightly, stir in the mustard, and season the sauce with salt and pepper to taste. Let the sauce simmer gently until smooth and rich-tasting, 3 to 5 minutes, stirring steadily with the wooden spoon. The purist can fish out and discard the garlic clove; otherwise, one lucky person will get to eat it.