ArtsAutosBooksBusinessEducationEntertainmentFamilyFashionFoodGamesGenderHealthHolidaysHomeHubPagesPersonal FinancePetsPoliticsReligionSportsTechnologyTravel

Cheese sauce for anything

Updated on June 5, 2013
Source

Cheesy white sauce

Here is a great, versatile, creamy cheesy sauce that will go great with almost anything, but in particular with fish, and shell fish or even cauliflower. I recently used it with lobster and for a dinner party I put it in tartlets and made a tasty starter with it.

Give yourself plenty of time when you are cooking something like this because it needs attention but it is well worth the effort.

Monterey Jack

Choose the right cheese

 

A big decision can be which type of cheese, because that is going to influence the final flavour of course. Therefore, it really depends on what food you are cooking and finding your best cheese to match. Being a Yorkshireman and proud of it, I prefer to use any of the Yorkshire cheeses. Swaledale, has a very distinctive taste and I would certainly recommend it a good all round cheese. It is obtainable made from cows, goats, or ewe’s milk, which ever you prefer.

For example when I made cheesy tartlets, I wanted the flavour to be strong enough to stand on its own so, I used a Real Yorkshire Wensleydale from Hawes in Wensleydale brilliant. [well if it’s good enough for Wallace and Gromit it‘s good enough for me.]

Blue Cheese sauce

What about a blue cheese sauce, or why not mix a mild blue such as Jervaulx with its lovely creamy texture, with a crumbly Lancashire. You can make some amazing flavours by combining different cheeses.

This is what you need for the sauce...

6 shallots, peeled and sliced.

1 cup of white cooking wine or ordinary wine.

2 large eggs. Separate the white and yolk.

3 oz fromage frais, I think this stuff is great and I use all it all the time now, although sometimes it is a little difficult to find in the shops.

2 oz butter

1 tblespoon of mustard

Fresh herbs, parsley, dill, rosemary, whatever you have to hand. You can of course use dried.

1 dessert spoon of coriander powder.

The juice of one fresh lemon and a little of the zest.

A little salt and pepper

Let's cook!!!!

Put the butter in a heavy pan and gently heat, now add the shallots and very slowly soften them, don’t brown them or burn them or this will change the flavour. Now add the wine and let it simmer until it has reduced by about half; add the mustard and mix it in well, add your salt and pepper. Mix in the coriander powder and the lemon juice, keep stirring. Sprinkle in your herbs.

Now the slightly trickier bit, add the egg yolks, but make sure that you keep stirring and that the dish is not too hot, or you will end up with an omelette.

The whole thing should thicken and turn nice and creamy, add your fromage frais and keep stirring. You can if you wish really beat the egg whites as if you were making meringue and then old this into the mix to make it a little lighter.

With prawns...

The last time I made this sauce, I added a few cooked prawns, and then poured it into some tartlet cases I had blind baked, and then put the whole thing under the grill to give it a nice toasted topping. Or why not put it on toast for a real treat add a dollop of caviar.

Jervaulx Abbey

Cheese and fruitcake

Over the years, so many people have commented on me eating cheese preferable Wensleydale, or a strong white Stilton or Swaledale with a fruitcake and in particularly with Christmas cake. Even mince pies and cheese are heaven sent.

Apparently one of the abbots of either Rievaulx or Jervaulx abbey in North Yorkshire was the trend setter with this and in Yorkshire it is very common to them both together.

Jervaulx Abbey

A
Jervaulx Abbey:
Jervaulx Abbey, East Witton Out Parish, North Yorkshire HG4, UK

get directions

The heart of Yorkshire cheese making

working

This website uses cookies

As a user in the EEA, your approval is needed on a few things. To provide a better website experience, hubpages.com uses cookies (and other similar technologies) and may collect, process, and share personal data. Please choose which areas of our service you consent to our doing so.

For more information on managing or withdrawing consents and how we handle data, visit our Privacy Policy at: https://corp.maven.io/privacy-policy

Show Details
Necessary
HubPages Device IDThis is used to identify particular browsers or devices when the access the service, and is used for security reasons.
LoginThis is necessary to sign in to the HubPages Service.
Google RecaptchaThis is used to prevent bots and spam. (Privacy Policy)
AkismetThis is used to detect comment spam. (Privacy Policy)
HubPages Google AnalyticsThis is used to provide data on traffic to our website, all personally identifyable data is anonymized. (Privacy Policy)
HubPages Traffic PixelThis is used to collect data on traffic to articles and other pages on our site. Unless you are signed in to a HubPages account, all personally identifiable information is anonymized.
Amazon Web ServicesThis is a cloud services platform that we used to host our service. (Privacy Policy)
CloudflareThis is a cloud CDN service that we use to efficiently deliver files required for our service to operate such as javascript, cascading style sheets, images, and videos. (Privacy Policy)
Google Hosted LibrariesJavascript software libraries such as jQuery are loaded at endpoints on the googleapis.com or gstatic.com domains, for performance and efficiency reasons. (Privacy Policy)
Features
Google Custom SearchThis is feature allows you to search the site. (Privacy Policy)
Google MapsSome articles have Google Maps embedded in them. (Privacy Policy)
Google ChartsThis is used to display charts and graphs on articles and the author center. (Privacy Policy)
Google AdSense Host APIThis service allows you to sign up for or associate a Google AdSense account with HubPages, so that you can earn money from ads on your articles. No data is shared unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy)
Google YouTubeSome articles have YouTube videos embedded in them. (Privacy Policy)
VimeoSome articles have Vimeo videos embedded in them. (Privacy Policy)
PaypalThis is used for a registered author who enrolls in the HubPages Earnings program and requests to be paid via PayPal. No data is shared with Paypal unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy)
Facebook LoginYou can use this to streamline signing up for, or signing in to your Hubpages account. No data is shared with Facebook unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy)
MavenThis supports the Maven widget and search functionality. (Privacy Policy)
Marketing
Google AdSenseThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
Google DoubleClickGoogle provides ad serving technology and runs an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
Index ExchangeThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
SovrnThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
Facebook AdsThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
Amazon Unified Ad MarketplaceThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
AppNexusThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
OpenxThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
Rubicon ProjectThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
TripleLiftThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
Say MediaWe partner with Say Media to deliver ad campaigns on our sites. (Privacy Policy)
Remarketing PixelsWe may use remarketing pixels from advertising networks such as Google AdWords, Bing Ads, and Facebook in order to advertise the HubPages Service to people that have visited our sites.
Conversion Tracking PixelsWe may use conversion tracking pixels from advertising networks such as Google AdWords, Bing Ads, and Facebook in order to identify when an advertisement has successfully resulted in the desired action, such as signing up for the HubPages Service or publishing an article on the HubPages Service.
Statistics
Author Google AnalyticsThis is used to provide traffic data and reports to the authors of articles on the HubPages Service. (Privacy Policy)
ComscoreComScore is a media measurement and analytics company providing marketing data and analytics to enterprises, media and advertising agencies, and publishers. Non-consent will result in ComScore only processing obfuscated personal data. (Privacy Policy)
Amazon Tracking PixelSome articles display amazon products as part of the Amazon Affiliate program, this pixel provides traffic statistics for those products (Privacy Policy)
ClickscoThis is a data management platform studying reader behavior (Privacy Policy)