Recipe: Broccoli Ham Rollups

Title: Broccoli-Ham Rollups
Categories: Main dish, Meats
Yield: 6 servings

20 oz Broccoli spears, frozen
2 tb Butter or margarine
2 tb Flour
1/4 ts Salt
1/2 ts Dry mustard
1 c Milk
4 oz Pasteurized process cheese
-- (sharp Cheddar),
-- finely shredded
6 sl Boiled ham (1 oz each)
-- 4 by 6 inches in size

Preheat oven to 350 F (moderate).

Cook broccoli according to package directions until just tender.

While broccoli is cooking, melt fat in a heavy saucepan.

Stir in flour, salt, and mustard.

Gradually stir in milk. Cook, stirring constantly, until thickened. Add
cheese and continue stirring until cheese is melted. Do not overcook.

Divide broccoli spears into 6 portions, splitting large stalks as
necessary. Alternate direction of flower ends within each portion. Place
broccoli portions on and parallel to narrow end of each ham slice,
extending flower ends over edges of ham. Roll as for jellyroll with
broccoli in the center of each rollup.

Arrange rollups in a baking dish with seam side down. Pour sauce over
rollups. Bake until sauce is bubbly, about 20 minutes.

Calories per serving (1 rollup): About 230

VARIATION: Asparagus-Ham Rollups -- Use frozen asparagus spears in place
of the broccoli. About 225 calories per serving.

Source: FOOD -- by U.S. Department of Agriculture
Typed for you by Karen Mintzias