Spaghetti fritters (Frittelle di spaghetti) (2024)

• ▢ 7 oz dried pasta cooked as per package instruction
• ▢ 2 cloves garlic peeled and finely chopped
• ▢ A handful of fresh flat-leaf parsley finely chopped
• ▢ 2 eggs
• ▢ 1 egg yolk
• ▢ 2 handfuls of freshly grated parmesan cheese
• ▢ Crumbled sea salt and freshly ground Black pepper
• ▢ Cooking oil

Optional:

• ▢ 4 oz of bacon or pork belly and/or 2 anchovies diced into small pieces, roughly chopped
• ▢ Red pepper flakes

• If you choose to use bacon or pork belly, let them fry in the pan without oil until cooked through and somewhat crispy. Save the oil to pan fry the spaghetti later

• Put all your ingredients, apart from the spaghetti and olive oil, into a bowl and mix together. Add your spaghetti to a pan of salted, boiling water and cook as per package instruction. Drain the pasta in a colander and rinse under cold water to cool it down. Once the pasta is cool, snip it with kitchen shears (scissors) into pieces roughly 3 inches long and add them to the bowl. Mix everything well

• Pour a little oil into a pan and place on the heat. Then, using a fork, add piles (as big or as small as you like) of the spaghetti mixture to the pan and fry until golden and crisp on both sides. It's delicious to fry the fritters in a slightly hotter pan so they become really golden on the edges but are a bit softer and warm inside. Sprinkle with sea salt before serving and some red pepper flakes if you like

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I’m in the middle of making this right now. So far three stars because it’s super easy and does not have a lot of ingredients. I’ll up date when it’s cooked and tasted. *Update* I bumped it up to five stars because it is fantastic and a great idea for something different then just plain “sketti”. The bacon is NOT optional, lol, and smells great when the fretters are cooking. I doubled the recipe, before I saw the handy dandy built in tool for just that, and still only got 12 fritters, approx three inches across, from it. Some tips in no particular order. I used a garlic press instead of chopping the garlic, seemed to work out fine. I used tongs to toss the mixture and to put it in the pan, giving it a twist when it went into the oil. Toss the mixture each time before putting a batch into the pan to be sure it is all properly coated. And served with some garlic toast and/or a side salad and “sketti” sauce on the side for dipping and it’s a great meal. Smaller fritters alone would make a great finger food appetizer, served, of course, with a dipping sauce, or a light snack. Thanks for the recipe it was just the thing I was looking for.

MarvellinaJune 10, 2021 - 9:55 pm

Wow…thank you for the detailed feedback and for sharing what you did 🙂 I know…bacon should NOT be optional LOL! I should amend that. I’m glad you enjoyed them 🙂

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