Orechiette with Cheese Sauce

Cheese Sauce

3 Tb. butter	3 Tb. flour
1/8 tsp. black pepper	1/8 tsp paprika
1 1/2 C. milk	1 C. cubed cheese

Melt butter, add flour. Cook until thickened and no longer smelling of raw flour. Slowly add milk, and whisk until smooth. Add spices and cheese. The less you heat cheese, the better. When making soup, sauce, or fondue, add the cheese last; then heat it only as long as it takes to melt. If it gets too hot it will get tough. Often, you can remove the pan from the burner; the residual heat will melt the cheese.