Description
Spine-chilling “Spooktacular Halloween Spaghetti” brings macabre magic to dinner tables with blood-red sauce and ghostly cheese garnishes. Guests will devour this frightfully delicious pasta that turns ordinary meal into a haunting culinary experience you cannot resist.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 1 (250 grams/8.8 ounces) package of spaghetti noodles
- 1 (500 milliliters/16.9 fluid ounces) jar of homemade pasta sauce
- 2 cups ground beef, cooked (optional)
Cheese and Garnish Ingredients:
- 68 bocconcini cheese balls
Topping Ingredients:
- Black olives, sliced
Instructions
- Prepare a generously salted pot of water and cook spaghetti noodles until perfectly tender, ensuring they maintain a slight firmness. Carefully drain the pasta, allowing excess water to escape.
- Simultaneously, warm the pasta sauce in a separate pan, incorporating browned ground beef if desired. Blend the meat thoroughly into the sauce, creating a rich, cohesive mixture.
- Gently fold the cooked spaghetti into the sauce, guaranteeing each strand becomes evenly glazed with the savory coating.
- Transform the dish into a spine-chilling masterpiece by strategically positioning miniature mozzarella cheese balls atop the spaghetti, then artfully placing sliced black olives to craft eerily realistic eyeballs that will startle dinner guests.
- Present the Halloween-themed spaghetti immediately, capturing the theatrical culinary moment and inviting diners to indulge in this ghoulishly delectable creation.
Notes
- Create a perfectly saucy texture by reserving a small amount of pasta water to help the sauce cling better to the noodles.
- Switch to gluten-free spaghetti for those with wheat sensitivities, ensuring everyone can enjoy this festive dish.
- For a vegetarian version, replace ground beef with plant-based crumbles or sautéed mushrooms to maintain a rich, meaty flavor profile.
- Enhance the Halloween theme by using red sauce strategically to mimic “bloody” effects, making the presentation more dramatic and kid-friendly.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Dinner, Snacks
- Method: Boiling
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 4
- Calories: 450
- Sugar: 6g
- Sodium: 800mg
- Fat: 18g
- Saturated Fat: 7g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 50g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 25g
- Cholesterol: 60mg