Nouilles

It is so funny how children have specific opinions even from an early regarding food! When I came to Abu Dhabi,  I discovered that my grandson now insists on eating only spaghetti as his main meal. My daughter was very frustrated and came to me for help. I told her that when my children were young I had the same problem, and that I had difficulty to find a food that pleases them all, this is why I had to make more than one dish everyday. I taught her a trick for feeding a picky eater, which is to feed him what he demands, cooked in a nutritious way. We all like the “gratin foods”, and Nouilles is one of our favorite dishes in the family. And, thank God, the children enjoy it too.

Ingredients:

• 500 grams of Nouilles pasta, fettuccini or tagliatelli kind
• boiled chicken
• 6 cups of milk
• 100 grams butter
• 5 tablespoon all purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon seven spices
• pinch of freshly ground nutmeg
• 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil
• 1 cup mozzarella grated , 1 cup parmesan grated

Preparation:

• Boil the Nouilles with one tablespoon of vegetable oil and salted water, and keep it “aldente”, then drain it
• Prepare the white sauce: in a small pan melt the butter, add the flour and mix properly with the butter until all the flour is well absorbed by the butter, add the milk slowly and whisk constantly until all the milk has been added
• Boil on a low heat until the mixture start to thickens, but we do not want it very thick, because the pasta needs to absorb the white sauce
• Season with salt and nutmeg and remove from fire
• Preheat the oven to 180 C
• In a tray place half of the pasta
• Peel the boiled chicken, remove the skin and bones and break into small pieces, rub them with salt and spices
• Place a layer of the chicken over the pasta, pour half of the white sauce
• Cover with another layer of pasta and the remaining white sauce, top with the grated cheeses
• Bake in the oven for about 30 minutes until the top turns a nice golden color, serve with salad of your choice

ET VOILA..C’EST TOUT:) And HAPPY PALM SUNDAY EVERYONE..