Description
Celebrate Halloween with this spooky yet delicious Halloween Spaghetti topped with creamy burrata ghosts. This playful dinner features perfectly cooked spaghetti tossed in your choice of marinara, tomato sauce, or pesto, crowned with delicate burrata cheese shaped like ghosts and decorated with black olive eyes and mouths. It’s an easy, fun, and impressive dish perfect for a festive family meal or party.
Ingredients
Main Ingredients
- spaghetti, quantity depending on number of servings
- tomato sauce, marinara, or pesto, quantity depending on number of servings
- burrata cheese, 1 small ball (about 125 grams or 4-5 ounces) per person
- black olives, sliced or pitted for decoration
Instructions
- Cook spaghetti: Cook the spaghetti according to the package directions until al dente. Make enough to serve your desired number of people.
- Toss cooked spaghetti with sauce: Drain the spaghetti and immediately toss it with your chosen sauce, whether marinara, tomato, or pesto. Then plate the sauced spaghetti servings.
- Top with burrata: Place one small ball of burrata on top of the spaghetti on each plate.
- Cut burrata open and shape ghost: Gently slice open the bottom of the burrata, scoop out some of the creamy center, and spread it downward to mimic the tail of a ghost. Don’t worry about perfection here; a loose ghost shape is perfect.
- Create the ghost face: Using the small black olive slices cut with a straw or knife, form two eyes and a mouth on each burrata ghost. Position the olive pieces carefully to complete the cute Halloween ghost design.
- Serve and enjoy: Your Halloween spaghetti with burrata ghosts is ready to serve immediately while the pasta is warm and the burrata soft and creamy.
Notes
- Adjust the quantity of spaghetti and sauce based on how many people you are serving.
- Remove burrata from the fridge before use to let it come to room temperature for the best flavor and texture.
- Drain and pat dry the burrata to remove excess liquid before plating.
- Use small balls of burrata (about 125 grams each) for individual servings. For larger balls, serve family style with a bigger ghost.
- Prepare the olive pieces for the ghost faces while the pasta cooks to speed up assembly.
- Substitute black olives with bacon bits, black beans, capers, or draw faces using balsamic glaze if preferred.
- For a family-style presentation, serve the spaghetti on a large platter topped with multiple small ghosts or one large burrata ghost.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 450 kcal
- Sugar: 5 g
- Sodium: 450 mg
- Fat: 18 g
- Saturated Fat: 9 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 55 g
- Fiber: 3 g
- Protein: 15 g
- Cholesterol: 35 mg
