Description
A playful and savory pasta dish featuring a mound of spaghetti topped with custom-cut cheddar cheese shapes and black olive eyes to create a friendly monster.
Ingredients
Scale
- 12 oz spaghetti
- 2 cups tomato sauce
- 8 oz block of sharp cheddar cheese
- 1/2 cup sliced black olives
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Cut circles and mouth shapes out of the cheddar cheese block using small cutters or a knife.
- Boil the spaghetti in salted water until al dente, then drain.
- Heat olive oil in a pan over medium heat and sauté minced garlic until fragrant.
- Stir in the tomato sauce and simmer for 10 minutes until thickened.
- Toss the cooked spaghetti into the sauce until fully coated.
- Twirl a portion of pasta into a mound on each plate to create the monster body.
- Place two cheese circles for eyes and one shape for the mouth on the mound.
- Add black olive slices to the center of the eyes and for the mouth to finish the face.