Baked Broccoli With Blue Cheese Sauce

Submitted by Hey Jude

"I love blue cheese and this is a great recipe from Maytag Dairy Farm. Use Maytag Blue cheese if possible but any high quality blue will do."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 10mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 lbs broccoli, trimmed, florets separated, stems cut into 1/4-inch slices
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 cup milk
• 1⁄2 cup crumbled blue cheese
• 3 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
• 1⁄2 cup dried breadcrumbs

directions

1. Heat oven to 350°.
2. Cover broccoli with lightly salted water in a medium saucepan. Heat to a boil over high heat; cook 2 minutes. Drain and transfer to a shallow, buttered casserole dish.
3. Melt the butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat; stir in the flour and garlic. Cook, stirring, until bubbly, about 1 minute.
4. Stir in the milk, blue cheese and cream cheese. Cook, stirring, until sauce thickens, about 4 minutes. Pour over broccoli; sprinkle with bread crumbs.
5. Bake until heated through and lightly browned, about 25 minutes.

Reviews

[karen w.]

Delicious!

 

[*Parsley*]

Rich and yummy! I may have used a little extra blue cheese, but otherwise stuck to the recipe. If you love blue cheese and broccoli, this is for you! Thanx for sharing this!

 

[Country Chef]

Very good combination of cream and blue cheese. Definitely a blue cheese lovers dish.