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Roasted Broccoli with Cheese Sauce

Broccoli florets roasted with olive oil and topped with an easy-to-make cheddar cheese sauce. Simply delicious.

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons olive oil, plus more for greasing pan
• 6 - 7 cups broccoli florets
• coarse salt and fresh black pepper

Sauce:

• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
• 1 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
• 1 heaping cup fresh shredded sharp cheddar cheese
• 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
• a few dashes red pepper flakes, optional

Instructions

1.     Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Grease a large cookie sheet.
2.     Put the broccoli florets in a pile on the cookie sheet. Drizzle with the oil and massage it all over the broccoli with your hands. Spread it out in one layer.
3.     Bake 20 - 30 minutes until broccoli is fork tender.
4.     To make the sauce melt the butter in a small saucepan over medium-low heat and whisk in the flour. Cook 1 minute.
5.     Slowly whisk in the milk and Dijon mustard, turn heat up to medium-high and bring to a simmer. Simmer 2 minutes.
6.     Turn heat down to low and stir in both cheeses, stir until smooth and melted. Taste and season with salt, pepper and red pepper flakes, if desired.
7.     Drizzle generously over the broccoli and serve.