Baked Broccoli with Blue Cheese Sauce

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:

  1. Rinse broccoli well.  Drain.  Cut tops into bite-size flowerets.
  2. Trim off ends of stems.  Peel lower portions of remaining stems.  Slice into 1/4 inch pieces.
  3. Cook flowerets and stems in boiling salted water 4 to 6 minutes until tender-crisp.
  4. Drain.  Place in a shallow,  greased 2 quart baking dish.
  5. In a medium saucepan, melt butter.  Add onion, cook until soft but not browned.
  6. Stir in flour and garlic salt.  Cook, stirring, until bubbly.
  7. Remove pan from heat.
  8. Mix in cream cheese, blue cheese and pimentos.
  9. Gradually add milk.
  10. Return to heat, cook, stirring, until sauce is thick.
  11. Pour over broccoli.
  12. Sprinkle with cracker crumbs.
  13. 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

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