Broccoli in a creamy sauce is unusually tender and just melts in your mouth. The dish turns out to be light and low-calorie, so it can be safely used for dinner even for those who monitor their weight.

Classic broccoli in creamy oven sauce

For cooking, you can use both fresh and frozen vegetables. On the taste it is not particularly reflected. Cream can have any percentage of fat content, the main thing is that they are fresh. To make the sauce more dense, hard cheese is often added to it.

Necessary components:

  • cabbage - a pound;
  • bow - head;
  • fat cream - 2 tbsp .;
  • hard cheese - 200 g piece;
  • parsley - a small bunch;
  • salt and pepper - as much as needed.

Sequencing:

  1. Disassemble the forks on the inflorescences and rinse thoroughly.
  2. Boil water, salt and lower prepared inflorescences into it. Cook for about 5 minutes. Fold into a colander and wait until the liquid drains.
  3. Chop the onion into thin half rings and fry until light golden hue. Add cabbage and simmer for 3-4 minutes.
  4. Meanwhile, grate the cheese.
  5. Put the vegetable mixture in a baking dish. Pour in cream.
  6. Bake for about 20 minutes.

Remove, sprinkle with grated cheese and return to the oven for a couple of minutes, so that the chips melt. At the end, decorate with fresh herbs.

You can experiment with cream by adding various spices or herbs to them.

A delicious addition to pasta

Pasta with broccoli in a creamy sauce is especially tender.

For a delicious addition, you need these components:

  • inflorescences - 400 g;
  • cream - 150 ml;
  • feta cheese - 200 grams;
  • salt and spices.

Preparation process:

  1. Boil water and boil prepared inflorescences in it. Drain excess fluid.
  2. Put the cabbage in a form, season to taste, pour cream.
  3. Grind the feta cheese and pour evenly the contents of the form.

Bake in a well preheated oven for about a third of an hour.

Cooking with Chicken

Broccoli chicken is a complete dish that no longer requires any additives.

What is required:

  • chicken breast - 300 g;
  • cabbage - 400 g;
  • cream - a glass;
  • bow - head;
  • hard cheese - for sprinkling;
  • salt, pepper, oil.

Preparation process:

  1. Cut the meat into small pieces, add a little salt and pepper. Set aside for a couple of minutes. Fry until the chicken turns white. Put in another container.
  2. Chop the onion and fry until golden brown. Return the meat to the pan.
  3. Add inflorescences, pour cream. If they are liquid, you can slightly thicken them with flour or starch.
  4. Quench a quarter of an hour.

At the very end, sprinkle with chopped cheese chips. Instead of chicken, you can use champignons, it will also be very tasty.

Salmon Recipe

Rarely did anyone try to cook broccoli with fish. But such a dish is worthy of attention.

 

Necessary components:

  • inflorescences - 700 g;
  • fish - 1 kg;
  • lemon is the fruit;
  • garlic - 5 cloves;
  • cream - 300 g;
  • bow - head;
  • salt and spices.

Sequencing:

  1. Chop the citrus into pieces, the fish flesh into cubes, the onion into straws.
  2. Rinse the heads of cabbage and separate the inflorescences.
  3. Pour cream into a baking dish, add salt, pepper, and sprinkle garlic through a press.
  4. Put the fish, then onion, lemon and cabbage.

Bake for about 25 minutes. But if you leave the form in the oven for a longer amount of time (50 minutes), then it will turn into a casserole.

Squid with broccoli in a creamy sauce

What is necessary:

  • cabbage - 200 g;
  • squid - 2 carcasses;
  • egg - 1 pc.;
  • flour - 3 tsp;
  • garlic - 1 clove;
  • cream - 3 tbsp. l .;
  • hard cheese - 50 gram slice;
  • salt, pepper, spices.

Preparation process:

  1. Wash the carcasses, remove the films and cut into “steaks”.
  2. Grind cheese, combine with egg, salt and flour.
  3. Dip the carcass into the batter and fry for 1 minute on each side. Put on a paper towel.
  4. Fry the washed inflorescences with spices and chopped garlic in the same pan. Put carcasses, add cream.

Simmer for a few minutes. Instead of cream, you can use any sour cream sauce.

With cauliflower in a pan

Good breakfast option for a quick hand.

Necessary components:

  • cauliflower - 150 g;
  • broccoli - 150 g;
  • cream - ¾ st .;
  • butter - a 50 gram slice;
  • salt, paprika, nutmeg.

Sequencing:

  1. Rinse the inflorescences, dry and fry over medium heat using butter until browned.
  2. Add salt and spices to the cream. Pour the mixture into the pan.
  3. Simmer for about 10 minutes with the lid closed.

Serve hot. For cooking, you can use a slow cooker (you need to use the modes "Frying" or "Baking" for the first stage and "Extinguishing" for the second.

From a minimum set of components based on broccoli, you can cook completely self-sufficient and hearty dishes.

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