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The Twits Spaghetti Recipe
Did you love reading Roald Dahl as a child? To be honest, we still pour over The Twits and The BFG once in a while; Dahl can create a fictional world like no other.The Twits Spaghetti Recipe
The Twits
The Twits, an amusing and often disgusting story about the hatred between a husband and wife and the pranks that they play on each other is one of our favourite Roald Dahl’s.
Both The Twits are grotesque characters that spend their days plotting about how to make each other miserable.
The Wormy Spaghetti
One trick that Mrs Twit plays on Mr Twit, as revenge for a previous prank he played on her, is The Wormy Spaghetti prank. She mixes some garden worms into spaghetti she has made and serves the dish to Mr Twit, convincing him that the spaghetti tastes funny because “it’s a new kind.” When he’s done eating, she tells him that there were worms in the spaghetti.
Our Wormy Spaghetti
As a tribute to the Twits, we’re sharing a wormy spaghetti recipe from ‘Dahl’s Revolting Recipes’ for you to try at a Roald Dahl themed party or simply as a prank. Have no fear; there are no real worms in this spaghetti; just a delicious combination different types of spaghetti.
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- for the sauce
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 1 onion chopped
- 2 stalks celery chopped
- 1 clove garlic crushed
- 14 ounces plum tomatoes
- 1 tbsp tomato paste
- 1 tbsp chopped parsley
- 1 Bay Leaf
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 2 carrots grated
- salt and pepper
- 2 ounces fusilli
- 2 ounces spinach spaghetti
- 4 ounces regular spaghetti
- 6 ounces cheddar cheese
Ingredients
For the spaghetti
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- Heat two tablespoons of the oil and sauté the onion, celery and garlic over low heat.
- Stir in all the remaining ingredients for the sauce, aside from the carrots.
- Allow the sauce to boil and then turn it down to simmer.
- Allow it to simmer for half an hour.
- In a blender, puree the sauce until it liquidifies.
- Cook the fusilli and spaghetti in boiling water until soft.
- Stir the grated carrots into the sauce and heat it.
- Pour the sauce over the spaghetti, top with cheese, serve and enjoy.