Artery Cloging Cheese Sauce

Total Time: 26 hrs 2 mins Preparation Time: 24 hrs Cook Time: 2 hrs 2 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup unskimmed milk
• 1 cup double cream
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 ounce flour
• 1 ounce butter
• 1 cup grated cured cheese (or as strong as you like it)
• 2 cardamom pods
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 onion, cut into large pieces

Recipe

• 1 if you have time (in the morning), put the milk in a heavy pan and heat along with the nutmeg, pepper, cardamoms, bay leaf and onion.
• 2 boil and turn off the heat.
• 3 steep for at least 2 hours, the longer the better (don't discard the onions afterwards, they're great for making"caramelized onions").
• 4 take a heavy based pan and melt the butter.
• 5 stir in the flour and "cook" it for about 2 minutes on a low heat (do not let it brown).
• 6 remove from the heat and let it cool slightly.
• 7 strain the milk (if you've flavoured it) and whisk it into the roux.
• 8 place back on the heat and bring it to the boil.
• 9 lower the heat and add double cream.
• 10 homogenize and add cheese.
• 11 stir until the cheese has melted.
• 12 can be frozen, chilled, reheated, microwaved, whatever!