Description
Create a spooky and delicious Halloween-themed spaghetti dish topped with creamy burrata cheese shaped like ghosts, perfect for festive dinners or parties. This simple yet charming recipe uses classic spaghetti with your choice of tomato, marinara, or pesto sauce and features adorable burrata ghosts with olive faces.
Ingredients
Scale
Pasta
- Spaghetti, quantity depending on number of people
Sauce
- Tomato sauce, marinara, or pesto, quantity depending on number of people
Toppings
- 1 small burrata ball per person (about 125 grams or 4-5 ounces each)
- Black olives, sliced or pitted for eyes and mouth
Instructions
- Cook spaghetti: Cook the spaghetti according to the package directions, adjusting the quantity for the number of people you are serving.
- Toss cooked spaghetti with sauce: Drain the cooked spaghetti thoroughly and toss it with the sauce of your choice, then plate the sauced spaghetti.
- Top with burrata: Place one small ball of burrata cheese on top of the spaghetti on each plate.
- Cut burrata open and shape ghost: Gently slice open the bottom of each burrata ball, scoop out some of the creamy center, and spread it to form a ghost’s tail shape. Don’t worry about perfection; a loose shape is charming.
- Make the face from black olives: Using the ends of black olives, cut small circular pieces for the eyes (a straw works well to punch out the eyes) and use a slice for the mouth. Place the olive pieces on each burrata ghost to complete the face.
- Serve immediately: Your Halloween spaghetti with burrata ghosts is now ready to enjoy while warm and fresh.
Notes
- Adjust spaghetti and sauce quantities according to the number of people being served since measurements vary with servings.
- Remove burrata from the fridge ahead of time to allow it to reach room temperature for optimal flavor.
- Drain and pat dry burrata before use to avoid excess liquid on the pasta.
- Use small burrata balls (4-5 ounces) so each person has an individual ghost; larger burrata balls can be used for a family-style platter with a single large ghost.
- Prepare and cut olive pieces while spaghetti cooks for quick assembly and serving.
- Substitute olives with bacon bits, black beans, capers, or balsamic glaze for the faces.
- Family-style serving is an option—top a large platter of spaghetti with multiple small burrata ghosts or one big ghost.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 400 kcal
- Sugar: 6 g
- Sodium: 450 mg
- Fat: 16 g
- Saturated Fat: 9 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 50 g
- Fiber: 3 g
- Protein: 14 g
- Cholesterol: 40 mg
