Broccoli Gratin
photo by AZPARZYCH
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Serves:
-
6-8
ingredients
- 5 tablespoons butter
- 3 tablespoons flour
- 1 1⁄2 cups whole milk
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1 pinch ground nutmeg
- ground black pepper
- 8 cups broccoli florets
- 1 cup grated sharp cheddar cheese
- 1⁄2 cup fresh breadcrumb
directions
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Use 1 tablespoon butter to butter a 9x9 or 9x13 baking dish.
- Steam broccoli until crisp-tender, about 5 minutes.
- Melt 3 tablespoons of the butter in a medium saucepan. Whisk in the flour until smooth. Cook, stirring, for 1 minute.
- Add the milk, salt, and nutmeg and bring to a boil while stirring constantly. Lower heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, until the white sauce is thickened, about 10 minutes. Season with pepper.
- Put the broccoli in the prepared baking dish. Sprinkle with half of the cheese and pour on the white sauce. Cover with the remaining cheese.
- Melt the remaining 1 tablespoon butter in a small skillet. Add the bread crumbs and cook, stirring, until lightly browned.
- Cover the gratin with the breadcrumbs. Bake at 450 for about 20 minutes, or until lightly browned and bubbly.
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Reviews
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My BF and I love broccoli...especially his mother's broccoli casserole, so this recipe looked great...especially since there was no canned condensed soup in it! I used organic 2% milk instead of the whole and the sauce still turned out so rich and creamy. I loved the ground nutmeg in the sauce ( please grate the nutmeg yourself... it makes a huge difference!) The 1 1/2 tsp of salt seemed a little much to me... but I added it anyway. It was quite salty to me and my BF (and he really likes to salt his food) so next time, I will cut it back to only 1/2 tsp. I will also steam my broccoli for about 3 minutes next time, since it turned out a little on the soft side for us... not mushy but we like our broccoli a little crunchy. I topped it off with a sprinkling of panko breadcrumbs and then sprayed it with a little olive oil for a little crunch. The two of us polished off the whole thing in record time! It was really that good... Thanks you so much for posting a keeper!!!
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