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INGREDIENTS FOR THE PASTA
- 500 g spaghetti
- Half a pack of spinach
- 1 pack of sliced cheese
- 2 pcs bell pepper
- 12 pcs green and 4 pcs black olives
- Salt
INGREDIENTS FOR THE SAUCE
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 onion
- 1 clove garlic
- 1 can tomato puree
- 800 g crushed tomatoes
- 1 pack mozzarella
- Salt
- Pepper
- 500 g minced meat
INGREDIENTS FOR COLORING THE PASTA
- A handful of blueberries to color the pasta blue
- 1 tablespoon turmeric to color the pasta yellow
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon to color the pasta orange
- 4 tablespoons pickled beetroot to color the pasta red
PASTA PREPARATION
- 1Place half of the pureed spinach in a pot. You can also use frozen spinach, which will thaw in the boiling water. Pour water over the spinach (enough so that there is at least 5 cm between the spaghetti and the top of the pot). Salt it, then bring it to a boil.
- 2Add the spaghetti to the boiling water with the spinach puree, then cook for the time indicated on the package.
- 3Once the spaghetti is cooked, drain it. If spinach residues bother you on the pasta, you can rinse them off.
- 4From the sliced cheese, cut out 8 circles and 8 smaller triangles with a knife; these will be the monster's eyes and teeth. Cut out 8 smaller circles from the bell pepper, and halve the olives.
- 5Serve as shown in the picture. First, place a portion of pasta on the plate, then arrange the tomato sauce in a circle. The eyes will be made from cheese, topped with bell pepper, and then half a black olive. Arrange the green olives for the mouth, and the cheese cut-outs for the teeth.
SAUCE PREPARATION
- 1Chop the onion and sauté it in olive oil. After sautéing the onion, add the minced meat and chopped or crushed garlic. Stir until it turns white.
- 2Add the tomato puree and canned tomatoes, stir well and cover. Check every 3-4 minutes and stir thoroughly.
- 3Season with salt and pepper, then finally add the grated mozzarella.
Tip
The pasta can also be colored with natural dyes. If you add a few tablespoons of pickled beetroot to the spaghetti, it will turn reddish. You can make yellow pasta with ground turmeric. You can achieve a beautiful bluish-purple color by adding a handful of crushed blueberries to the boiling water. You can get orange-brown pasta by adding cinnamon.
