"Shawn Hearn" > wrote in message
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> In article >,
> me > wrote:
>
>> Hi there - can anyone tell me, why does my cheese sauce always clump?
>> I melt butter, add flower, add the water obtained from boiling
>> macaroni (or similar), stir stir stir, add cheese. I always get those
>> disgusting lumps of cheese in the sauce. What am I doing wrong? Thank
>> you.
>
> You're doing it wrong.

Well, that's cutting right to the chase, isn't it?

> You need to make the cheese sauce first by slowly
> adding the cheese to the roux so it melts, then slowly pour in some milk
> (no water) until the cheese sauce is nice and thick. When the sauce is
> ready, add it to boiled drained macaroni. You're breaking the sauce.

Felice