We had this with prime rib for Christmas dinner this year. Pretty red and green.
Ingredients:
- 1½ lbs Broccoli
- 2 tbs Butter
- ¼ c Onion – finely chopped
- 2 tbs Flour
- ¼ tsp Garlic salt
- 1 pkg (3 oz) Cream cheese, room temp.
- ¼ c Blue cheese – crumbled
- 2 oz Sliced Pimentos
- 1 c Milk
- 1/3 c Butter flavored crackers – crushed
Instructions:
- Rinse broccoli well. Drain. Cut tops into bite-size flowerets.
- Trim off ends of stems. Peel lower portions of remaining stems. Slice into 1/4 inch pieces.
- Cook flowerets and stems in boiling salted water 4 to 6 minutes until tender-crisp.
- Drain. Place in a shallow, greased 2 quart baking dish.
- In a medium saucepan, melt butter. Add onion, cook until soft but not browned.
- Stir in flour and garlic salt. Cook, stirring, until bubbly.
- Remove pan from heat.
- Mix in cream cheese, blue cheese and pimentos.
- Gradually add milk.
- Return to heat, cook, stirring, until sauce is thick.
- Pour over broccoli.
- Sprinkle with cracker crumbs.
- Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes until heated through and lightly browned.
Serves: 4
Notes:
- I used the bagged broccoli already trimmed.
- Worked great – can be done ahead and reheated (one less last-minute job).
Source: Cooks.com