Cheesy broccoli pasta bake

Cheesy broccoli pasta bake

A versatile pasta bake is a midweek staple and this recipe can even be made ahead and frozen for extra convenience

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 6 - 8

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 30 mins

Vegetarian Freezable

Vegetarian

Method

  1. Bring the milk, garlic and bay leaves to the boil in a small saucepan, then remove from the heat and leave to infuse. Cook the pasta to al dente following pack instructions (if you're freezing, cook for 1 min less), adding the broccoli for the final 2 mins. Drain.
  2. Strain the milk into a jug. Heat the butter in the pan until foaming then stir in the flour for 1 min. Add the milk a little at a time, stirring or whisking constantly to remove any lumps. Bubble for 1-2 mins, stirring constantly until you have a thick, lump-free sauce.
  3. Remove from the heat and stir in some nutmeg, the mustard powder, parsley, three-quarters of the cheese and seasoning. Combine with the pasta and broccoli and transfer to one large, or individual, heatproof dishes. Scatter over the remaining cheese and cool and freeze for up to three months, or heat the grill to high and cook for 2-3 mins until golden and bubbling. If frozen, defrost in the fridge overnight, then cook at 200C/180C fan/gas 6 for 30-40 mins until piping hot.

PER SERVING

667 kcalories, protein 28.0g, carbohydrate 82.0g, fat 27.0 g, saturated fat 16.0g, fibre 5.0g, sugar 11.0g, salt 0.98 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, February 2011.

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  • 29 October 2011

    Curly Girly rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This was absolutely delicious - halved the recipe which was perfect for 3 portions. All the flavourings came through in the sauce and it was really tasty. I only used cheddar cheese, but would certainly try it again with different cheeses.

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  • 01 January 2012

    MeggieLiz rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Really nice and easy to make :D Will do again.

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  • 10 April 2012

    alicepennbrooke commented on this recipe

    Has anyone made this to freeze ahead and then used it successfully? I am planning a large wedding buffet with some vegetarians attending and wondered if this really is a good recipe, or does it alter in consistency with freezing? Thanks!

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    26 April 2012

    Ewa commented on this recipe

    It is a lovely dish.Easy to do and very filling.It is defiantly one of my favorite vegetarian dish.

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    26 April 2012

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    26 April 2012

    Ewa commented on this recipe

    It is a lovely dish. Easy to do and very filling. Defiantly one of my favorite vegetarian dish.

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  • 14 July 2012

    sandrya rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    I halved the recipe and it fed an adult and two kids with enough left over to feed us all again. Added smoked turkey rashers for extra flavour and found it was very tasty.

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  • 11 October 2012

    profilea2 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    To all intense and purposes this is macaroni cheese with broccoli. Nevertheless it is delicious.

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  • 11 November 2012

    Madam Scragz rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This is fantastic! To clear it up, it is one litre not one pint. You need the litre because look at how many is serves, it is a pasta bake and sauce is copious. I didn't have the right cheese and so used one that when melted, became super melted like on a pizza, so for me even woith the one litre, the suace was hard to get from the saucepan to teh pasta (Kinda like glue), but once heated in teh oven was fine. I assume with the right cheese ( I accidentaly use a cheddar mozzerella blend) It wouldn't be so hard. This is a great recipe, and tasted fantazmical!

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  • 22 November 2012

    Michaela rated and commented on this recipe

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    Used 1 litre milk as in recipe makes a lot of beautiful cheese sauce definitely needed to cover all that pasta. Makes ALOT. I made this and froze into portions. Its is absolutely lovely the nutmeg and mustard as essential to the sauce and give a lovely flavour takes it from good to fabulous. Could add more veg or different veg or even chicken to make different.

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  • 26 November 2012

    Cathy Youd rated and commented on this recipe

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    Lovely! I REALLY liked the flavour of the sauce and might try it again with chicken and mushroom instead of broccoli (in the hope that it will turn out like my favourite dish from Ask!)

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  • 28 January 2013

    omosy commented on this recipe

    Nice one

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  • 30 January 2013

    hope_fornow rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Really enjoyed this! I'm still new to cooking so I had a bit of a problem getting the sauce to be smooth and without lumps! I ended up having to sieve them out of the sauce before adding the final ingredients, but hopefully this was just something I can remedy next time. Very tasty and filling, i will be making this again.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 6 - 8

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 30 mins

Vegetarian Freezable

Vegetarian

Ingredients

  • 1l milk
  • 2 garlic cloves , bashed
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 500g dried pasta
  • 350g broccoli , in small florets
  • 75g butter
  • 75g plain flour
  • a little freshly grated nutmeg
  • 1 tsp mustard powder
  • small bunch parsley , roughly chopped
  • 200g cheese , grated (cheddar, Parmesan, Gruyère, or a mixture)
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PER SERVING

667 kcalories, protein 28.0g, carbohydrate 82.0g, fat 27.0 g, saturated fat 16.0g, fibre 5.0g, sugar 11.0g, salt 0.98 g

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