Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Sweet Pasta for Kids – Garofalo’s Pasta

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I know pasta usually are made as savoury dish but when it comes to kids you need to think differently. Kids loves sweets especially colourful sweet in different funny shapes. They also love chocolates. So when I found out about Garofalo’s Pasta Competition, I thought of doing a different pasta preparation than usual savoury or meat pasta. Hence I decided to do a sweet pasta. I asked for samples and when I received them from Garofalo, it made me smile. The shapes of the pasta were so cute that any child would have lots of fun eating this pasta. They are in shape of little stars, moons, dolls and cars. So very adorable.

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The pack said boiling the pasta for 12 minutes in water would be sufficient but I had different plans. I wasn’t going to boil in water instead I boiled in milk. I know from personal experience that for some kids it’s difficult to make them drink milk. So this will be a good way to feed them milk. But I had to make the pasta look attractive as well as taste good so here is what I did.

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Ingredients:

100 gm Garofalo’s Kids Pasta

250ml full fat milk

4 tbsp honey (you can adjust the sweetness according to your kid’s taste)

Handful of chopped mixed nuts

Handful of Pistachio lightly crushed

Handful of dried golden raisins soaked in water 

Handful of chocolate chips

2-3 tsp of multicoloured sugar sprinkles (optional)

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Method:

In a deep bottom pan heat the milk and bring it to boiling point then add the honey to it and give it a mix. Now add the pasta and let it cook for 12-14 minutes on low heat to prevent milk from overflowing. Keep stirring as you don’t want your milk to be burnt or the pasta to be stuck at the bottom of the pan. Towards the end add the soaked raisins and the chopped nuts and give it a stir cook it for 1-2 minutes more when you see the milk has thicken and the dish has got a creamy texture along with the pasta cooked, take it off the heat and let it cool down. Place it in the fridge for some time then pour the pasta in your kid’s  favourite bowl and add the rest on the ingredients on top of it.

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Serve cold. You can serve this as an evening snacks or like a small meal or dessert. I bet kids will love this.

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24 comments:

  1. never tried but i think this sweet version is delicious
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  2. I will sure come back to this space when my kid grows a little more...now itself he is having a bigggggg sweet tooth....By the way this looks yummy with all the beauties in it...

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  3. I am sure kids loved this cuties:)

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  4. nice presentation. the dish looks very tempting.

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  5. Luv those cute shapes...yummy pasta

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  6. did see the contest on ukfba...good choice sanchita

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  7. liked the sweet taste to the pasta ! good one

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  8. this is a very cute idea- double like :)

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  9. Love the innovative recipe n the great click !!!

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  10. Wow .. cute little shapes. Never tried sweet version before .. looks yummy. First time to your wonderful blog .. following you.

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  11. My son will go all the way for this bowl :) It looks so delightful :)

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  12. ohh, the star and moon shaped pastas look soo cute! what an innovative way to make pasta!

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  13. wow, absolutely love the pictures, creativity, thought and the recipe. I don't think just kids, even I would love it. It is like pasta pudding or kheer :)

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  14. Never thought of making anything sweet with pasta! Might be a good idea for kids who like sweets :) My daughter though loves her pasta cooked in any sauce!!

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  15. Love those cute shapes, will be a sure hit with kids. The idea for a sweet version also sounds delicious. Great job!

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  16. lovely shapes delicious looking pasta looks wonderful

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  17. That's a healthy bowl of pasta for kiddos. Cute little shapes. Yummy pasta.

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  18. Wow.. this is looking so delicious and cute too :)

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  19. wow! great presentation!

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  20. nice and innovative dish..looks YUM!

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  21. Pasta looks delish dear, kids will go gaga over it. Beautiful space.

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  22. im sure that kids will be loved it :).. superb snaps :)

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  23. My son is a big time pasta lover and if I make it sweet he would love me even more :) Great!!

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