I don’t make sauces or gravies very often, but with Thanksgiving and other holidays just around the corner I thought some of you might be interested in a gluten-free homemade cheese sauce recipe.
I made this the other night to put on cauliflower. I’m not a big fan of cauliflower, but I bought a head of it a couple of weeks ago with some recipe in mind. I then forgot where I saw the recipe and the cauliflower just sat in my refrigerator. The other day my husband said, “I keep seeing that cauliflower in the frig, but it never shows up on my plate. Why don’t you just cook it and serve it with cheese sauce.” So that is what I did.
This sauce uses sweet rice flour. If you don’t have any you can use rice flour or even corn starch. Sweet rice flour is worth having around, though. You don’t need a lot, but it’s great for thickening sauces, gravies, and soups.
- 1 cup milk
- 1 Tablespoon butter
- 1 Tablespoon sweet rice flour (or rice flour)
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 3 ounces or ¾ cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese
- In a small saucepan, whisk together the milk and flour.
- Add the butter and salt and heat on medium high heat, whisking frequently, until the sauce starts to boil and thickens a little.
- Reduce heat and stir in the cheese. You can add more cheese if you desire.
- Stir until the cheese is melted.
I like using sweet rice flour too. I find it's not as starchy tasting, and you can freeze meals that have it as an ingredient without any separation occurring (once defrosted).
I love cheese sauce, plus I think it's the only way I could get my wife to eat cauliflower.I'll have to try this out. Thanks
Oh the cheese sauce I miss. Looks great on cauliflower. Thanks for sharing this on Friday Foodie Fix.
Used potato starch since I didn’t find SRF in my flour box. Extra sharp white cheese and a dash of tony satcherie’s cajun seasoning. Came out really good.
My experience has not been so good with tapioca flour and plain rice flour in sauces and graives, but the potato starch worked well. Have to try that next time I make a roux.
Thanks!
This Cheese sause will be easy to make. This is my first Thanksgiving dinner as a celiac. I was diagnosed this past summer, so everything is still new to me.
This looks amazing! I am going to make it and freeze it in ice cube trays so I can make my little one mac and cheese!
Love your recipes!
Thank you so much, Jamie. You made me smile.