Nouilles Avec Carottes Et Graines D'oeillette

Adapted from 60-minute Gourmet by Pierre Franey. Noodles with carrots and poppy seeds. A simple, but attractive, side dish.

• Ready In: 10 mins
• Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 2  carrots, trimmed and scraped
• 2 -3  tablespoons butter
• 1  tablespoon poppy seed
•  salt
•  pepper
• 8  ounces  medium noodles

Directions

1. Sliver the carrots. (Slice the carrots lengthwise into quarter-inch slices; stack those slices and slice lengthwise again; cut crosswise into one-inch pieces.) You should have about one cup.
2. Cook noodles in a saucepan, according to package directions, in salted water.
3. Drop the carrots into boiling salted water and simmer about 3 minutes or until tender-crisp. Drain.
4. When noodles are done, drain and return to the pan. Add the butter and carrots. Add the poppy seeds and stir. Salt and pepper to taste.