The Best Keto Cheese Sauce

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Game changer guys! This creamy grain-free cheese sauce is the real deal. It's so versatile and delicious with steak or poured over steamed low-carb vegetables.

It's really easy to make low-carb cheese sauce that is thick and creamy. No thickeners and no flour needed! You will only need heavy whipping cream, butter, shredded cheese, cream cheese, salt and pepper. If the sauce is too thick, just add a dash of water.

How To Make Keto Cheese Sauce

It will take just five minutes to make this low-carb cheese sauce from scratch. You'll start by heating up the cream with butter and then add shredded cheese and cream cheese. Bring to a boil and cook briefly until it thickens. That's it!

I kept my cheese sauce plain but you can use any of your favourite herbs and spices. Here are some of the optional seasonings you can use:

• ¹/₄ tsp cayenne pepper
• ¹/₂ tsp garlic powder or 1 minced garlic
• ¹/₂ tsp onion powder
• ¹/₂ tsp paprika
• ¹/₂ - 1 tsp mustard powder
• 2-4 tbsp freshly chopped herbs of choice (basil, parsley, thyme, rosemary, mint or chives)

Which Cheese is Best to Use for Cheese Sauce

To make grain-free cheese sauce, you'll need two types of cheese; soft cheese and hard cheese. For the soft cheese you can use full-fat cream cheese for plain flavor, or use fresh goat's cheese or sheep's cheese for a stronger flavor.

For the hard cheese you can use cheddar, hard goat's cheese, Manchego, Gouda, Emmental, Edam, Swiss cheese such as Gruyere, Parmesan or Pecorino Romano.

Strong tasting types of cheese such as Gorgonzola, Roquefort, Brie or Camembert are best combined with plain full-fat cream cheese.

I find that the best way to combine different types cheese is to always use one mild, neutral tasting cheese and one strong tasting cheese. Here are some of my favorite combinations:

• cream cheese + hard goat's cheese
• cream cheese + Swiss cheese
• soft sheep's cheese + Pecorino Romano
• soft goat's cheese + Parmesan

How to Serve Cheese Sauce

This keto cheese sauce can be drizzled over steamed or roasted vegetables such as broccoli, cauliflower or zucchini. I used this cheese sauce to make Low-Carb Cauliflower Cheese, a keto alternative to traditional Mac and Cheese, and Low-Carb Broccoli Cheese Gratin which can be served as a side or vegetarian keto lunch or dinner.

And it's not just vegetable dishes. This gluten-free cheese sauce is perfect to serve with steak, pork chops, lamb chops, roast chicken and baked salmon.

Nutritional values (per serving, about ¹/₄ cup/ 60 ml)

Ingredients (makes about 1 cup, 4 servings)

• ¹/₄ cup heavy whipping cream (60 ml/ 2 fl oz)
• 2 tbsp unsalted butter (28 g/ 1 oz)
• ¹/₄ cup cream cheese or soft goat cheese (60 g/ 2.1 oz)
• ¹/₂ cup grated cheddar or hard cheese of choice (60 g/ 2.1 oz)
• pinch of sea salt, if needed
• 2 tbsp water or more cream if you need to thin it down
• Optional: spices & herbs of choice

Instructions

1. Place the cream and butter into a small sauce pan and gently heat up. Add the grated cheddar cheese (or any hard cheese of choice) and cream cheese.
2. Stir until melted and bring to a simmer. Once you see bubbles, take off the heat.
3. Mix until smooth and creamy. If you prefer a thicker sauce, cook for 3-5 more minutes while stirring. If too thick, add a splash of water or cream.
4. Serve over steamed vegetables, fish and meat.
5. If you can't use the whole recipe, only make one serving. The sauce should be eaten immediately or kept at room temperature before serving. If you do need to refrigerate and then heat it up, make sure to heat up gently over a low heat while stirring to prevent the butter from separating and the cheese sauce from clumping up.

Ingredient nutritional breakdown (per serving, about ¹/₄ cup/ 60 ml)

Net carbs	Protein	Fat	Calories
Cream, heavy whipping, pouring, full-fat (30-40% fat)
0.4 g	0.3 g	5.7 g	55 kcal
Butter, unsalted, grass-fed
0 g	0.1 g	5.8 g	51 kcal
Cream cheese, soft (full-fat)
0.5 g	1.1 g	4.2 g	37 kcal
Cheddar cheese
0.5 g	3.4 g	5 g	61 kcal
Water, still
0 g	0 g	0 g	0 kcal
Total per serving, about 1/4 cup/ 60 ml
1.3 g	4.8 g	20.7 g	203 kcal

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