Why Shake Shack's Cheese Sauce Tastes So Good

While restaurant sauces tend to be predictable, Shake Shack cooks white wine into its surprisingly decadent cheese sauce that is drizzled over crinkle fries.

The restaurant's in-house Shack White wine is a sauvignon blanc, which tends to have a herbal taste and is often dry (crisp and not sweet).

It's considered a good pairing for sharp cheddar cheese, even after you melt the cheese into a sauce. The result is more elegant than you might expect with crinkle fry sauce.

The cheese sauce recipe uses only two tablespoons of white wine, so the flavor will remain after cooking, but you're unlikely to feel a buzz.