Thursday, April 14, 2011

White Cheese Sauce with Rosemary Sprigs

Last night I made ham steaks and cauliflower for dinner. It so reminded me of the kind of dinner my Grandma used to cook up - simple, traditional, economical, and delicious. My Gram always made a homemade cheese sauce to go with ham. Did anyone else do this? Anyways it's very good though last night I threw in some fresh Rosemary on a whim and it was spectacular!

To Make Cheese sauce, first....
Make a roux: Melt 4 tbsp. of butter in a pan over medium heat. Then add 1/4 cup of flour to the melted butter and whisk quickly until it resembles crumbs. Then add 2 cups of cold milk to the flour/butter mixture and whisk like crazy to keep the liquid smooth. When the liquid begins to bubble, add 1 cup of cheese (I added one cup of all white shredded Kraft four cheese Italiano). Then turn down the heat and continue stirring until all the cheese is melted. Finally toss in 2 sprigs of fresh Rosemary and continue cooking for about 10 minutes so the flavour of the Rosemary distributes through the cheese sauce. Serve over ham and let it seep into your cooked cauliflower or broccoli. Yum!

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