Italian Pasta Recipes - Spaghetti Pancakes (Crespelle di Spaghetti) Recipe

Ingredients                 

• 150 g/5 oz spaghetti

• 5 eggs

• 1.5 ml/1/4 tsp cayenne

• 50 g/1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, grated

• Salt

• 60 ml/4 tbsp oil

• Chunky Tomato Sauce, to serve

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Method:

1. Break the spaghetti roughly into 5 cm/2 in lengths and cook in boiling salted water for 8-10 minutes until just tender. Drain.

2. Beat the eggs with the cayenne and cheese and season with the salt. Stir in the hot spaghetti.

3. Heat 15 ml/1 tbsp of the oil in a frying pan (skillet) and fry (sauté) a quarter of the spaghetti mixture for 1 minute. Turn and fry on the other side for a further minute.

4. Remove from the heat and keep warm while the remaining 3 portions of the mixture are cooked.

5. Serve with Chunky Tomato Sauce.