Bleu Cheese Sauce for Meatballs

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This very different sauce turns frozen or homemade meatballs into a scrumptious dinner or an intriguing appetizer. The recipe comes from a 1967 issue of Sunset.

by Lorraine of AZ·published 2005-06-09

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Servings

(4–6)

Total time

30 min

prep 10 min

Calories / serving

324 kcal

Ingredients (8)

serves

1/4 cup butter (1/8 lb.) or 1/4 cup margarine (1/8 lb.)butter
4 tablespoons flourflour
1 garlic clove, mincedgarlic
1 cup half-and-half
1 1/2 cups chicken brothchicken-broth
4 ounces blue cheeseblue-cheese
4 -6 tablespoons chopped parsley (to garnish) (optional)parsley
hot mashed potatoespotato

Instructions (6 steps)

01Melt butter in a saucepan. Stir in the flour and garlic and cook until blended and bubbly.
02Gradually add half-and-half and broth. Cook, stirring, until thickened.
03Crumble bleu cheese into the sauce and stir until blended. Taste and add salt if needed.
04Add meatballs to sauce and cook as directed on package.
05To serve: Spoon meatballs and sauce over the hot mashed potatoes. They are also good over hot cooked rice or noodles. Garnish with chopped parsley.

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