Mustard Cheese Sauce

Last time I wanted to have burgers for dinner, I was thinking about ways in which I could make them different than the usual. I decided that I would serve them on pretzel buns, but I wanted something else to be different too. I wanted to stick to the pretzel theme, so I thought about what went well with pretzels. Both mustard and cheese came to mind. Instead of simply putting them on the burgers, I decided to make an awesome sauce that utilized both ingredients. Mustard Cheese sauce may sound a little strange, but let me tell you, it is awesome smothered on a pretzel burger.

Ingredients:
1 TBS butter
1 TBS flour
1 cup milk
4 oz grated cheddar cheese (That's right, I'm giving it to you in ounces.)
2 TBS yellow mustard
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
1/4 tsp seasoning salt
1/4 tsp pepper (fresh ground is recommended)
salt to taste

We are going to start out with a standard white sauce procedure. Melt your butter in pan, medium-high heat should do, and stir in the flour, until it gets a little bubbly.

Bubbly flour and butter.

Next we are going to whisk in the milk. It may be helpful to heat the milk a little bit. This helps it to combine a little more easily.

Pouring in the milk.

Milk whisked in.

Once the milk is whisked in nicely, let the mixture boil until thickened, stirring occasionally. After it is thick and bubbly, add the cheese.

Adding the cheese.

Stir the mixture until the cheese is completely melted and everything is nice and smooth.

Smooth Sauce.

Stir in the the remaining ingredients until they are mixed in well. At this point you may decide the sauce isn't thick enough, if that is the case, just let it boil down a little until you reach your desired consistency. After the sauce reaches the consistency you wish, slather the warm sauce all over your burger (pretzel or otherwise).

I designed this sauce for the pretzel burgers I was having, but it can be used in other ways as well. Simply dipping pretzels in it would be scrumptious. It can go on a regular burger, a hot dot, anything thing where both cheese and mustard would taste good. Make the sauce, put it something crazy, and let me know about it in the comments!