Swiss-Sauced Broccoli
photo by Boomette
- Ready In:
- 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Serves:
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2
ingredients
- 6 ounces fresh broccoli
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1⁄8 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons butter or 2 teaspoons margarine
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons unbleached flour
- 1 dash salt
- 1 dash white pepper
- 1⁄3 cup milk
- 1⁄4 - 1⁄2 cup swiss cheese, shredded (or cheddar)
directions
- Wash broccoli; remove outer leaves and tough part of stalks.
- Cut broccoli stalks lengthwise into uniform spears, or slice thin crosswise.
- In a 1-quart casserole combine broccoli, water and 1/8 t salt.
- Micro-cook, covered, on 100% power for 5 to 6 minutes or just till tender.
- Drain: Let stand, covered, while preparing sauce.
- For sauce, in a 1-cup measure microwave butter or margarine, uncovered, on 100% power for 30 to 45 seconds or till melted.
- Stir in flour, dash salt, and pepper; Stir in milk.
- Micro-cook, uncovered, on 100% power for 1 to 2 minutes or till thickened and bubbly, stirring every 30 seconds.
- Stir in shredded cheese till melted.
- Serve sauce atop broccoli.
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Reviews
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This was fabulous! Very quick and easy, all cooking done in the microwave with minimum clean up. Doubled the sauce for a large bunch of broccoli. I thought swiss could be a little wierd, and I am really not wild about sauce on vegetables but was willing to give it a try. It did need a couple of shakes of garlic salt but WOW!! this was great. My husband HATES broccoli and even he liked it. (He normally does not participate in reviews at all, but actually said I should mention this). I know cheddar would be very good as well. Thanks, Dorel, for adopting!
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I was just blown away by this method. I never realized that you could make a bechamel/white sauce in the micro. I probably tripled the recipe as I was making it for the whole family. It was so easy, I am going to be making the sauce again and again. I was needlessly worried that there would be an uncooked flour taste, there wasn't. I thought it might be lumpy, it was not. I love this, and I used cheddar jack cheese, which I did need to warm the mix up a bit to get all the cheese to melt.
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We loved this quick and easy side dish. I followed the directions but had to sub a mix of Cheddar and Monterey Jack cheese because that was all I had on hand. I cooked my broccoli for only 4 1/4 minutes in the microwave, but I felt it was a little over done. Next time, I will probably cook for only 3 - 3 1/2 minutes. Thank you Dorel for a great recipe!
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