Angular2 - recursive html without making a new component?

Question

In angular 1 I was able to do something like:

Answer 1

There certainly is a html only solution in Angular:

<h1>Angular 2 Recursive List</h1>
<ul>
  <ng-template #recursiveList let-list>
    <li *ngFor="let item of list">
      {{item.title}}
      <ul *ngIf="item.children.length > 0">
        <ng-container *ngTemplateOutlet="recursiveList; context:{ $implicit: item.children }"></ng-container>
      </ul>
    </li>
  </ng-template>
  <ng-container *ngTemplateOutlet="recursiveList; context:{ $implicit: list }"></ng-container>
</ul>

Here's a gist.