Broccoli Casserole with Cheese and Herbs
During the cold winter months, there's nothing like a hot, delicious, and nutritious casserole for dinner. Add a vegetable salad to it and you're all set.
Preparation time: 1 ½ hours
Baking time: 50-60 minutes
Level of Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Kashrut Type: Dairy
During the cold winter months, there’s nothing like a hot, delicious, and nutritious casserole for dinner. Add a vegetable salad to it and you’re all set.
This casserole does contain flour, eggs, cream cheese, and butter. All in all, it is a nutritionally balanced dish – all food groups are represented and most of the casserole is broccoli with herbs.
The addition of the buttered crumbs is very tasty and contributes a slightly crunchy texture (but also a lot of calories). If you don’t include the crumbs, the casserole will still be very tasty. Add a fresh salad and have a simple, light and fun dinner. I like to serve it with tomato salad, which is heavily spiced with lemon and coriander.
It is permissible and even desirable to diversify – the Bulgarian and yellow cheese can be replaced or combined with other cheeses. If you have some leftovers of parmesan, feta, or Safed cheese in the fridge, this is a good time to get rid of them.
INGREDIENTS
This recipe is for a 31×22 cm/12×9 inch pan and yields 8-10 servings.
2½ cups/600 grams broccoli, cleaned, checked for bugs, and broken into small flowerets
3 eggs
1 cup sour cream
½ cup flour
¾ cup/200 grams thin cheese or cottage cheese
½ cup/90 grams Bulgarian cheese
½ cup/90 grams yellow cheese
2/3 cup finely chopped herbs (parsley, dill, coriander, chives)
2 tablespoons dry onion, thinly chopped
1/3 teaspoon salt with a bit of black pepper
5 tablespoons breadcrumbs
Oil cooking spray or a little butter
PREPARATION
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Preheat oven to 180°F/80°C degrees.
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Cook the broccoli for a few minutes in lightly salted water over medium-high heat, until it begins to change color. Drain the water and refrigerate.
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Grate the Bulgarian and yellow cheese with a coarse-shred grater, and then put to the side.
- In a large mixing bowl, mix the eggs with the sour cream. Add one by one (and mix) the chopped herbs and onions, the salt and black pepper, the flour, the thin/cottage cheese, and the grated cheeses.
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Add the cooked broccoli flowerets and mix well.
- Transfer to a greased baking pan and sprinkle the breadcrumbs over the top. Bake at 180 degrees for about 50 minutes.
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Sprinkle a little oil or scatter thin slices of butter over the top, and then bake at 200 degrees until golden brown.
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Refrigerate for at least 15 minutes for the pie to stabilize. After that, it can be served immediately or refrigerated and reheated later.
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