Yes, it’s not the lightest sauce in the world but it’s ahhmazingly delish. Also great for all kinds of celebrations like Christmas, Birthday parties, picnics, New Year’s appetizers and more.

This one is perfect for all sorts of pasta sauces, gnocchi sauce, chips and pretzel dips, vegetables dip, sandwiches, burgers, fondues and more. We added a mixture of Gauda cheese and Cheddar cheese to the white roux mixture, but you can use any cheese you like, just make sure you always buy high quality for this sauce or it might turn out not as good as you wanted it. It’s a combination of flour, butter and then some milk and wine. The base is similar to béchamel, it’s actually called a roux, white roux to be exact. We couldn’t wrap our head around it so here we are today, with a brand new, super versatile, super easy and quick homemade, creamy cheese sauce, that’s made in just 15 minutes. Basic cheese sauce recipe, where have you been all my life? Do you guys make your own cheese dip, cheese sauce for chips or pretzels? Or for pasta, vegetables? Well, at my household we are all incredible cheese lovers so we never managed to make a good cheese sauce at home, because we always ate the cheese :) However, last week Jernej and I sat down comfortably on our couch, ready to watch How to get away with Murder, we opened a bag of chips, which we haven’t bought for ages and then it hit us both at the same time “why on Earth we never make our own homemade guacamole dip or an easy cheese sauce”. A roux is a smooth paste, made from flour fried in fat, that is added to sauces, soups or gravy to make them thick, smooth and rich.

What is cheese roux