Broccoli and Ham Gratin
"This can be a main course or a side dish at something more extravagant."
photo by *Parsley*
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
-
6-8
ingredients
- 6 tablespoons butter
- 1 small onion, minced
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1⁄4 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 cups milk
- 1⁄2 cup parmesan cheese
- 1⁄2 cup grated swiss cheese
- 1 lb broccoli, trimmed, cooked in boiling, salted water until just tender, and chopped coarse, about 4 1/4 cups
- 5 ounces cooked ham, chopped
- 1 cup coarse dry breadcrumbs
directions
- Heat the milk in a small saucepan until scalding.
- Take off heat.
- In a saucepan, melt 4 tlbsps butter over moderately-low heat and saute the onion and garlic for 3-4 minutes. Add the flour and cook the roux, stirring, for 3 minutes more.
- Add the heated milk in a stream, whisking, and simmer it, stirring, for 5 minutes.
- Remove from heat and stir in the cheeses and season to taste.
- Keep stirring just until the cheeses are melted and incorporated into the sauce.
- In a well-buttered 14 inch gratin dish, combine the broccoli and ham and pour sauce over.
- Sprinkle breadcrumbs over top, dot with remaining 2 tblsps butter and bake in a preheated 375F (190C) oven for 30 minutes, or until it is browned and bubbly.
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Reviews
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I'll admit it. I'm a broccoli-phobe. I must say though that this dish is DELICIOUS!! The sauce is paired perfectly with the broccoli & ham and not allowing either flavor to overpower the dish. I wouldn't change a thing about it. DH loved it as well. Two thumbs way up!! -
Great! I doubled the recipe and used some extra cubed ham (I had lots to use up). I sauteed some onion in thye butter before I made the roux. This is the first time that I've seen the 15-month-old go crazy over broccoli and feed himself pieces of broccoli! I'll make this again. Thanx! -
We enjoyed this dish. I used dry Italian flavored bread crumbs. They were too dry - next time I'd use grated day old bread. We thought the dish was even better the next day.
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OK, here goes. I live in Athens, Greece. I moved out here many, many years ago from Ottawa, Canada - so I am blessed in having two wonderful heritages!
I suffer from compulsive obsessive behaviour with regard to food and my psychiatrist thought it would be a good idea to find a 'society' where many have the same problem and try to find a cure.
So far, I've copied a couple of thousand recipes from this site and my psychiatrist has thrown the towel in and refuses to answer the phone when I call.
What did I do wrong?
Got 3 kids that keep me on the go - 10 and under at this point (2008) - I may not get round to updating this for a few years, so you'll have to do your own maths.
I teach English full-time and Greek Cookery part-time. I would like to make the cooking part of it full-time and the English Grammar part of it part-time.
That's all for now.
