Pasta with Cheese and Broccoli
You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Pasta with Cheese and Broccoli a try. One portion of this dish contains about 23g of protein, 34g of fat, and a total of 685 calories. This recipe serves 6. This recipe covers 31% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes. Head to the store and pick up parmesan cheese, pasta, garlic clove, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the heavy cream you could follow this main course with the Homemade Blizzards with Reese’s Peanut Butter Eggs as a dessert.
Instructions
Cook the broccoli in boiling salted water.
Remove the broccoli from the water using a slotted spoon and set aside. Cook the pasta in the same water until al dente.
Drain well and keep warm.While pasta cooks, heat butter in a large saucepan over medium heat.
Add the onions and cook for 3 minutes, add the garlic and cook for 1 more minute, stirring occasionally.
Add the flour, cumin, paprika, salt and pepper. Stir well.
Whisk in milk and raise heat a little to bring to a quick boil.
Add the broth , mustard and heavy cream. Simmer sauce to thicken, about 5 minutes.
Add the cream cheese and stir well.
Add the broccoli , cheddar and parmesan cheese and stir to combine.
Drain pasta and add to the sauce.Preheat the oven to 400F.
Transfer the pasta to individual baking casseroles and bake for 15 minutes, then turn the oven to broil and cook, 2 to 3 minutes.