Originally Posted by
gfunkdave
You need to discover sodium citrate. You can buy a tub of it from amazon. Melt any cheese with a little liquid, like water or stock or beer or wine, and add a teaspoon of sodium citrate. It emulsifies the fat in the cheese and turns any cheese into a melty velveeta consistency.
I've made different cheese sauces before using real cheese. The problem with them is that as soon as I add that liquid, it seems to dilute the cheese flavor, even when you use milk or cream. I like beer or white wine cheese sauce, but it's not for nachos or queso dip IMO.
That said, I didn't know about sodium citrate. Is it available in grocery stores...in other words any way I can try it without committing to "a
tub of it from Amazon"?