Cheese Sauce For Veggies Or Baked Potatoes Recipes

Steps:

• In a saucepan over medium heat, melt butter. Stir in flour, salt and pepper until smooth. Gradually add milk. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Reduce heat; add the cheese. Cook and stir until cheese is melted., Serve 1-1/2 cups of cheese sauce with the baked potatoes. Refrigerate remaining sauce.

Steps:

• Bake potatoes at 375° for 1 hour or until tender. When cool enough to handle, cut a thin slice off the top of each potato; scoop out pulp, leaving a thin shell. In a bowl, mash the pulp, egg, milk, mayonnaise, 1/2 cup of cheese, salt and pepper. Spoon into potato shells. Top with onion, bacon and remaining cheese., Place in a small ungreased baking pan. Bake, uncovered, at 375° for 25-30 minutes or until heated through.

Steps:

• 1. melt the butter in a small saucepan; remove from heat. Blend in the flour until smooth using a wire whisk.
• 2. Return to heat; gradually whisk in the half and half cream; bring to a light boil, keep whisking until the mixture is smooth.
• 3. Add in the cubed Velveeta, and continue to mix with a spoon until cheese is melted. Remove from heat. Add in the sugar, garlic powder, cayenne pepper, salt and pepper; mix until combined. Keep warm until needed.

Steps:

• Scrub potatoes with vegetable brush; dry well.
• For crunchy skins, sprinkle each potato with 1 tablespoon garlic flavored olive oil (or substitute plain olive oil), rubbing oil all over potato.
• Sprinkle with coarse salt and coarsely ground black pepper.
• Pierce potato several times with tip of sharp knife in order to allow steam to escape.
• Do NOT wrap in foil.
• For soft potato skins, DO wrap in foil.
• Bake at 400°F for about one hour or until done.
• When potatoes are done, roll gently under hand to make mealy inside.
• Immediately cut crosswise in top of each potato, pushing up on ends to fluff up.
• Top each with some of the sauce.

Steps:

• Put the potatoes in a large saucepan of boiling water and cook for about 15 mins until tender. Meanwhile, heat the milk in a saucepan, then set aside. Melt the butter in a medium-sized saucepan over a low heat. Stir in the flour and the mustard powder, cook for 1 min or so, then start to ladle in the hot milk, stirring as you pour, until it's all added. Cook for a further 10 mins until you have a smooth sauce. Stir in most of the cheddar until fully melted into the sauce. Season with the paprika, cayenne and a little salt and pepper.
• Put the potatoes in a small ovenproof dish, spoon over the cheese sauce and sprinkle with the remaining cheddar. Can be prepared a day ahead and kept covered in the fridge. Place in the oven alongside the fish and cook until bubbling and golden.