Description
This whimsical Halloween Spaghetti with Burrata Ghosts recipe combines classic spaghetti tossed in your choice of tomato sauce with creamy burrata cheese transformed into adorable ghost shapes. Perfect for a festive dinner, it uses simple ingredients and fun assembly to bring a spooky touch to your meal.
Ingredients
Scale
Spaghetti and Sauce
- Spaghetti (quantity as needed per person)
- Tomato sauce, marinara, or pesto (choose one, quantity as needed per person)
Toppings
- 1 small burrata ball (125 grams or 4-5 ounces) per person
- Black olives, sliced or pitted (for eyes and mouth)
Instructions
- Cook spaghetti: Cook the spaghetti according to the package directions until al dente. Prepare enough to serve the number of people you are feeding.
- Toss cooked spaghetti with sauce: Drain the spaghetti well, return to the pot or a serving bowl, and toss with your choice of tomato sauce, marinara, or pesto. Plate the sauced spaghetti.
- Top with burrata: Place one small burrata ball on top of each plated serving of spaghetti.
- Cut burrata open and make ghost shape: Gently slice open the bottom of each burrata ball, scoop out some creamy center, and spread it beneath the burrata to form a ghost’s tail shape. It doesn’t need to be perfect, just playful and ghost-like.
- Make the face from black olives: Use a straw or small cutter to punch out two small circles from olive ends for eyes and slice olives for the mouth. Place these olive pieces on the burrata to create the ghost’s face.
- Serve and enjoy: Your Halloween spaghetti with burrata ghosts is ready to serve immediately for a fun and festive meal.
Notes
- Adjust spaghetti and sauce quantities based on your number of servings.
- Allow burrata to come to room temperature before serving for best taste; pat dry before assembling.
- Use small burrata balls individually for each plate or larger burrata for family style servings.
- Prep olives ahead of time so assembly is quick and easy.
- Substitute black olives with bacon bits, black beans, capers, or use balsamic glaze to draw faces.
- Serve family style on a large platter topped with burrata ghosts for a communal Halloween meal.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 450 kcal
- Sugar: 6 g
- Sodium: 550 mg
- Fat: 18 g
- Saturated Fat: 10 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 55 g
- Fiber: 3 g
- Protein: 15 g
- Cholesterol: 40 mg
