Baked rice with white sauce

This is another one of my mum's dishes. It's baked rice which is layered with minced meat, ham, eggs, cheese and a white bescamelle sauce.

Serves: 4 persons

Ingredients

• 400-450g rice
• 3 chicken cubes
• 4 boiled eggs
• 450g minced meat
• 1 onion
• 2 garlic heads
• 4-6 tomatoes without peel and deseeded
• ham
• cheese, something which is young and melts nicely in the oven such as Edam cheese.
• 400ml milk
• 1 spoon butter
• 2 tbsp cornflour
• white wine

Method

1. Cook the rice in water with 1 chicken cube
2. Place the rice in an oven proof dish with no more than 1 inch thickness

3. Sautee the minced onion and minced garlic
4. Add the minced meat and cook
5. Add the tomatoes and 1 chicken cube
6. Add some white wine
7. Season with pepper
8. Cook until the liquid evaporates
9. Layer the meat mixture on top of the rice

10. Add a layer of ham on the meat

11. Add the sliced boiled eggs on top of the ham

12. Add a layer of cheese on top

13. Heat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius
14. For the white sauce mix the milk, 1 chicken cube, 2 tbs cornflour and/or 1tbs butter in a pan
15. Bring the mix under the heat, stirring continously until the mixture is smooth and creamy

16. Put the white sauce on top of the cheese layer

17. Place the dish in the middle layer of the oven and cook for around 30-45minutes or until the white sauce reddens slightly.