Halloween Spaghetti Monster

Serves 6
Preparation time: 15 mins
Cooking Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

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  • 350g Spaghetti
  • 1 jar Val Verde Passata
  • 200g Fresh Mozzarella Cheese
  • 1 Can Black Olives, Pitted

1. Begin preparing spaghetti pasta by following directions on the package.
2. Begin preparing sauce by following directions on jar.
Spaghetti Monster Eyes:
1. While pasta and sauce are cooking open Mozzarella and begin eyeballs.
2. Slice two circles of Mozzarella cheese to use as eyes and place on plate or wax paper.
3. Cut the tips off one olive and slice two rings from it. This with be the pupils of each eye.
4. Use passata to make the eyes look bloodshot.
Prepare Spaghetti Monster:
1. Drain the cooked spaghetti and plate plain spaghetti on serving platter.
2. Add cooked spaghetti sauce to the pasta starting at the middle of the platter.
3. Slice two circles of Mozzarella cheese to use as eyes.
4. Place the Mozzarella slices on the platter as eyes. Dab a nickel sized circle of sauce in the middle of each cheese slice.
4. Cut the tips off one olive and slice two rings from it. This with be the pupils of each eye. Place one ring one the cheese, in the middle of the sauce. Next, put the olive tip on top of the olive ring.
5. Use a toothpick to dip in the spaghetti sauce and then create thin lines around the "whites" of the eyes to make them look bloodshot.
Eyebrows, Fangs and Spider:
1. To make the spider: Cut an olive in half and place it cut side down on your spaghetti monster. Cut up the rest of the olive by slicing it vertically into the legs.
Cut another olive and make vertical slices until you have eight spider legs. Place them around the spider body on your pasta platter.
2. Cut an olive in half and then cut two thin slices and place them near the eyes as the eyebrows.
3. Cut two more slices of olive and place them below the eyes side-by-side for the mouth or "moustache."
4. Cut a slice of Mozzarella cheese and cut out two triangles to use as teeth and then cut two larger, "sharper" triangles to use as fangs. Place the bigger fangs under the mouth and then place the shorter teeth inside the fangs. VvvV
5. Serve and enjoy!