2/4/2012 Basket - Baked Potato with Cheesy Broccoli Sauce

Baked Potato with Cheesy Broccoli Sauce
Uses: Potato, broccoli


Bake potatoes in oven at 350 degrees for about an hour. While potatoes are baking, make sauce:

• Broccoli (about 2 cups of florets)
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/4 cup flour
• 1/2 tsp ground mustard
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp pepper
• 2 cups milk
• 1 1/2 to 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
  

Steam broccoli and set aside.
In a medium saucepan, melt butter over low heat. Stir in flour, ground mustard, salt, and pepper. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture is smooth and bubbly; remove from heat.
Gradually stir in milk. Heat to boiling , stirring constantly. Boil and stir 1 minute. Stir in cheese until melted. Stir in cooked broccoli and serve over baked potato.