Quick cheese sauce
Ingredients:
- 100 grams water (scant 1/2 cup)
- 3 grams sodium citrate (1/2 teaspoon)
- 100 grams cheese, shredded, cubed or sliced (3.5 ounces - or about 6 slices of cheese - see recipe notes for types of cheese)
- 15 grams Worcestershire sauce (2 teaspoons - optional)
Directions:
Add the water to a medium-sized pot and bring to a simmer. Add sodium citrate and stir to combine.
Slowly add all of the cheese, a little bit at a time, stopping to stir the cheese into the sauce between each portion of cheese. Once all the cheese is added stir very well while the cheese is still simmering to make sure it is very smooth. This might take 2 or 3 minutes and a silicone spatula or whisk is helpful here.
Once the cheese mixture is very smooth, add the Worcestershire sauce (if using) and stir to incorporate. Place the burner on low until it's time to use the cheese sauce. You can reheat the sauce in the microwave or in a pot with just a couple of teaspoons of water.
This sauce should be thin when it's in the pot, but as it cools just a few minutes it will start to thicken quite a bit but should still stay saucy for 20 minutes or so.
Notes:
Sodium citrate is not going to be something you can find at the grocery store. Here is the brand of Sodium Citrate that I use from Amazon.
You can use pretty much any cheese for this cheese sauce but it's better with softer cheeses like cheddar, gouda, Colby Jack, havarti, or provolone.