Nutritional Yeast Cheese Sauce

Whether you are dairy free as a lifestyle choice or because of an allergy or intolerance, we know that there are still times you crave a cheesy sauce that you can enjoy on vegetables, potatoes, and pastas. This recipe submitted by Dorothy R. Bates is a delicious and simple recipe for vegan "cheese" sauce made with Bob's Red Mill Nutritional Yeast and All-Purpose Flour!

Servings

8 servings

Prep time

n/a

Cook time

5 minutes

Passive time

n/a

Ingredients

1/2 cup Nutritional Yeast
1/2 cup Unbleached White All-Purpose Flour or Gluten Free 1-to-1 Baking Flour
1 tsp Sea Salt
2 cups Water (cold)
1/4 cup Vegetable Oil or unsalted butter
1 tsp Dried Mustard

Instructions

Whisk together nutritional yeast flakes, flour, and salt in a heavy bottomed sauce pan.
Place pan over medium-high heat and whisk in cold water.
Continue whisking as sauce thickens, bring to a rolling boil, reduce heat, cook 1 minute, remove from heat.
Whisk in butter or vegetable oil and mustard.