Nigella Lawson divides opinion with her bizarre pasta recipe

Just like pasta, celebrity chef Nigella Lawson is in some hot water with fans after sharing her simple recipe for spaghetti.

The 60-year-old - who is famous for her luxurious desserts and decadent main courses - took to Twitter to share her spaghetti with marmite recipe as her recipe of the day last Thursday.

Alongside a photo of the dish, she wrote: "So many of you know and love this already, and the rest of you are probably horrified by it: #RecipeOfTheDay is Spaghetti with Marmite (Australians may obviously use vegemite).

"And Italians, don’t shout at me: this comes via the great Anna del Conte!"

The recipe, which first appeared in her 2010 cookbook Kitchen, left her followers "recoiling in horror."

One follower wrote: "On everything else we agree but.... spaghetti?.... marmite? Two wrongs don't make a right!"

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Another added: "Why would anybody put yeast on pasta, that's beyond me."

"Sorry Nigella but I can longer be a party to this travesty," a third said.

Another questioned: "What the...? An abomination."

While someone else suggested: "It really is a case of don’t knock it till you have tried it. It has become one of my go-to comfort foods."

Nigella created the recipe with the help of the Italian food writer, Anna del Conte, whose memoir "Risotto with Nettles" also included the recipe.

It's inspired by a traditional pasta dish made the day after a roast, in which spaghetti is tossed in meat stock.

The dish takes about 15 minutes to make from just four ingredients.