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Popular pasta maker gives his surprise verdict on Meghan Markle's controversial one-pot spaghetti dish featured on her new Netflix show READ MORE: Meghan Markle's 'family favourite' spaghetti bears a STRIKING resemblance to another famous chef's recipe By STEPHEN BISSET FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA Published: 23:58, 10 March 2025 | Updated: 00:02, 11 March 2025 e-mail View comments Meghan Markle has divided fans with her controversial recipe for one-pot spaghetti which features in episode one of her Netflix series, Love Megan. The episode sees the Duchess of Sussex tackling a dish called 'skillet spaghetti,' which she tells viewers she regularly cooks for Prince Harry and their children, Archie, five and Lilibet, three. Traditional methods might see pasta submerged in a large pan of salted boiling water, but the Duchess simply pours 'three cups' of boiling water onto raw spaghetti and cooked ingredients and then puts a lid on it.
On Monday, Tiktok sensation and American pasta maker Danny Freeman weighed in on the controversy and shared a clip showing him testing the one-pot meal. 'This is the most controversial pasta in the world right now. I made Meghan Markle's single skillet spaghetti and as a pasta expert, let me tell you my true feelings ,' Danny says the video.
'This is from her new show With Love Megan, she says she makes this for her kids. She puts the leftovers in their lunchboxes. She didn't really give a precise recipe, but I wrote one up based on what she was doing and I put it in the caption.
' Meghan Markle has divided fans with her controversial recipe for one-pot spaghetti which features in episode one of her Netflix series, Love Megan View this post on Instagram A post shared by Danny Freeman (@dannylovespasta) Danny starts the recipe by cutting cherry tomatoes and adding them to a skillet with olive oil, salt and garlic. He says he would add an extra step in the method to help bring out the flavours of the dish. 'Now personally, I would sauté those (garlic) first to get a little bit more flavour, but she has the dry spaghetti right on top and a bunch of lemon zest and then the stems of some swiss chard,' Danny adds.
He then reaches the controversial portion of the recipe, however Danny hints that Meghan may have been on to something with her unique method. 'Now this is where it gets controversial,' Danny says. 'She boils water in a tea kettle, adds that to the skillet, cooks the spaghetti for a few minutes, adds kale and swiss chard and cooks it some more and she is right.
'When you cook pasta in just a little bit of water, you get really starchy water that can make your sauce creamy without cream.' Continuing his assessment, Danny reveals that his children would not be as appreciative of the ingredients as Archie and Lilibet. On Monday, Tiktok sensation and American pasta maker Danny Freeman weighed in on the controversy and shared a clip showing him testing the one-pot meal Read More Netflix crew reveal how Meghan Markle REALLY treated them behind the scenes of her new show 'When the pasta's done, she adds red pepper flakes, parmesan and arugula.
My kids are not as healthy as hers apparently, because they would definitely pick around all these greens, but I really like how this turned out,' he says. Rounding out his post, Danny gives Meghan's controversial dish his tick of approval. 'It is fast and the texture of the sauce is really nice.
you can also try this with broth instead of water that will add a little bit more flavour because this sauce was just a little bit bland, he says. 'But I love this method, I love a one-pot meal, so Meghan, I think this recipe is a keeper.' Meghan's recipe featured in the first episode of her new Netflix series, Love, Meghan.
However, fans have been left not too enticed by the dish she whipped up during the first episode with her close friend, make-up artist Daniel Martin. Danny gives Meghan's controversial dish his tick of approval Meghan's recipe featured in the first episode of her new Netflix series, Love, Meghan. However, fans have been left not too enticed by the dish she whipped up during the first episode with her close friend, make-up artist Daniel Martin Some aired their grievances on X, formerly Twitter, as they couldn't believe their eyes.
'Netflix paid a lot of money just to let us know Meghan Markle doesn't know how to cook pasta ,' one person snarked. Next she'll show us how to make frozen pizza!' someone else joked. Another lamented, 'She over cooked the noodles.
Slimy looking.' 'Wtf is that? It looks like she made some sort of soup, cooked the vegetables to hell, tossed in some spaghetti and called it a day,' a user commented. 'The pasta looks fine in the end, but I think Italians screamed at their tv's when she poured water into the sauce,' someone else observed.
Others, however, came to the Duchess' defense to say that it looked delicious. 'It looked delicious to me,' one person wrote. Another moment that might besmirch an entire European nation? The duchess calls the popular Italian pasta 'noodles' more than once while prepping the meal.
And when Parmesan cheese is grated to finish the dish, Meghan pronounces it 'Parmigian', a slightly tweaked version of the Italian word, Parmigiana. TikTok Netflix Meghan Markle Share or comment on this article: Popular pasta maker gives his surprise verdict on Meghan Markle's controversial one-pot spaghetti dish featured on her new Netflix show e-mail Add comment Comments 0 Share what you think No comments have so far been submitted. Why not be the first to send us your thoughts, or debate this issue live on our message boards.
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