Falu sausage au gratin with creamy cheese sauce - Falugratäng i krämig ostsås

FALU SAUSAGE AU GRATIN WITH CREAMY
CHEESE SAUCE
Falugratäng i krämig ostsås

4 servings

8 oz pasta of your choice
1 lb Falu sausage if you can get it
1 leek
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
8 oz broccoli
1/3 cup grated, ripe cheese
10 cherry tomatoes

Cheese sauce:

1 ¾ cups cream, approx 15% fat
1 teaspoon salt
black pepper
2 tablespoons Maizena
2/3 cup grated, ripe cheese
¼ cup finely chopped parsley

Decoration:

chopped green herbs

Boil the pasta, rinse it in cold water and drain. Shred the sausage. Trim and shred the leek and brown in some fat until glossy. Trim the broccoli and divide into florets. Boil the florets for about 2 minutes in lightly salted water and drain. Split the tomatoes.

Sauce: Bring the cream to a boil and thicken with corn starch. Flavour with salt and pepper, add cheese and chopped parsley and let the cheese melt in the sauce while you stir it.

Heat the oven to 440F. Mix pasta, leek, sausage, broccoli and tomatoes and pour this in a greased, oven-proof dish. Pour the cheese sauce on top and bake this gratin in the middle of the oven for 20 to 25 minutes or until the surface is nice and golden and the cheese sauce has set.

Decorate with chopped herbs and serve with a salad – never forget! :-D

Enjoy!

Bella