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Garlicky Black Bean Spaghetti Spoons with Deviled Eyes

A frightfully delicious appetizer pasta dish perfect for Halloween.
Prep Time 1 hour
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Servings 8
Calories

Ingredients

For Deviled Eyes

  • 8 Eggs hard boiled
  • Food Coloring – one drop or two of desired colors plus water to dilute
  • 4 Jumbo Black Olives
  • 1 Tablespoon Garlic Mayonnaise
  • ¼ oz Unflavored Gelatin prepare according to packet instructions. (There will be more gelatin than needed for this recipe)
  • Two sharp thin tubes for cutting hard-boiled egg into (1 the size of an iris, and (2) into the size of a pupil.
  • Fine paintbrush to paint food coloring.
  • Pastry brush for brushing gelatin.

For Garlicky Black Bean Spaghetti Spoons

  • 1 box Explore Cuisine Black Bean Spaghetti cooked & drained
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 2 garlic cloves minced
  • 1 tbsp fresh herbs finely chopped - such as tarragon, parsley, chives
  • salt to taste
  • red chili flakes to taste
  • 1 tbsp cooked egg yolk grated

Instructions

To Make Deviled Eyes

  • Use the larger tube to cut the top of the egg in a circle for the iris. Remove the egg white plug. Paint the egg white plug with diluted food coloring to look like an iris. Let dry.
  • Use the smaller tube to cut out a place for the pupil in the painted iris. Use the same tube to cut a pupil out of the black olive. Place the olive pupil into the iris.
  • Cut off the bottom third of the egg so it will nestle in the spaghetti spoon. Reserve any hard-boiled egg yolks for spaghetti recipe.
  • Scoop out a small amount of the egg yolk from the top of the egg to make room for mayonnaise. Squirt garlic mayonnaise into the hollow top of the hard-boiled egg, and then replace the iris plug.
  • Paint food coloring bloodshot lines around the iris. Let dry.
  • Finish by brushing a light coat of slightly thickened gelatin glaze over the entire eye to give an authentic glossy finish.

To Make Garlicky Black Bean Spaghetti Spoons

  • In a medium bowl - combine olive oil with garlic, herbs, salt and chili flakes. Add spaghetti and toss. Sprinkle with grated egg yolk.
  • Arrange spaghetti in decorative serving spoons. Place deviled eyes in center.