Bethany's Vegan Kitchen

My dairy free recipe for a creamy, smooth cheese sauce. You can use this for macaroni cheese, a sauce for vegetables, pour over nachos or use as a dip for potato wedges.

Here in the UK, ASDA sells a wonderful vegan cheese that is creamy and cheesy without tasting fake. It’s absolutely perfect for melting into a sauce, this is what it looks like, so you know what to look out for

If you aren’t able to use this cheese, simply use your favourite vegan cheese instead, just make sure to use something that melts.

This will make quite a bit of sauce (around 700ml) and would easily feed four to six when used in a macaroni cheese.

Yield; 700ml (1,003kcal) Cook time; 15 minutes

You’ll need;

1. 30g/1oz non-dairy margarine (I used Vitalite)
2. 30g/1oz plain all purpose flour
3. 500ml non-dairy milk, warm (I used Alpro soy light)
4. 150g/5oz ASDA free from cheese, grated
5. 30g/1oz non-dairy parmesan, finely grated (I used Prosociano by Violife)
6. Two tablespoons of nutritional yeast
7. Half a teaspoon of both garlic powder and onion powder
8. One teaspoon of mustard
9. A pinch of salt and black pepper

Method;

• In a small saucepan over a medium heat, melt the margarine. Once melted, add the flour and whisk for three to four minutes
• Add the warm milk, a little at a time, all the time whisking constantly
• Once all the milk has been incorporated, add in the grated cheese. At this point you can swap to using a wooden spoon instead of the whisk. Although I generally don’t, as it saves on washing up
• Keep stirring the sauce until the cheese has melted. At this point you can stir through the remaining ingredients
• After a few minutes you’ll have a creamy, smooth cheese sauce
• Troubleshooting; If your sauce is too thick or thin, either adding more milk or cheese will remedy this

A couple of notes;

• I’ve listed exactly which margarine, milk and parmesan cheese I used, so you can replicate this exactly should you wish to
• If you choose to use other ingredients, this may affect the taste and the calorie count. If you want to use a different milk, of course feel free to, however I would advise that you use an unsweetened one