There’s a restaurant serving ‘Elf’ spaghetti for $16 a plate this Christmas — here’s the recipe to make it at home
You’d have to be a cotton-headed ninnymuggins to miss this.
A high-end hostelry in Chicago is celebrating the 20th anniversary of “Elf” by recreating the unorthodox pasta dish concocted by actor Will Ferrell in the beloved modern Christmas classic.
Miss Ricky’s, a restaurant located inside Chicago’s Virgin Hotel, will be selling the sweet surprise from now through Dec. 31 — and it comes at a surprisingly affordable price tag.
For just $16, daring diners can order the limited-edition mashup, which features crispy, confectioner’s sugar-coated spaghetti, vanilla ice cream, chocolate sauce, marshmallows, M&Ms, crunchy wafers, and maple syrup.
Given the ingredients involved, the mouth-watering creation may work better as a dessert as opposed to a main course.
It can also be divided between diners — so they don’t end up in a sugar coma.
“Elf” — a box office sensation upon its release in 2003 — revolves around Buddy (Will Ferrell), a human raised by Santa’s elves. Upon learning his real identity, a hapless Buddy heads to New York City to meet his biological father and chaos ensues.
In a memorable scene that inspired the Miss Ricky’s dish, the protagonist (who has never had normal human meals before) attempts to make breakfast — inadvertently turning a plate of spaghetti into a bizarre dessert.
If you can’t make it Chicago for the dish, Miss Ricky’s executive chef Mike Alaridi told Food & Wine that fans can prepare the pasta at home — but he advises exercising more caution than Buddy does in the famous flick.
He told the publication that those at home should first boil plain pasta before adding three cups of canola oil to a frying pan.
After bringing the oil it to 375 degrees, Alaridi advises adding a couple handfuls of pasta to the pan at a time, frying it until it’s crispy.
After removing the fried noodles, the chef says they should subsequently be doused with powdered sugar.
To finish off the delicious dish, Alaridi urges home chefs to add any sweet toppings of their choice, saying ice cream, chocolate sauce and marshmallows make marvelous additions.
