Spaghetti Pie
Easy Baked Spaghetti Pie Recipe is simple to prepare and delicious. Baked spaghetti pie is freezer friendly. Easy Spaghetti Pie Casserole can feed a crowd!
Servings: 6
Cost: $12.41, $2.07 per Servings
Ingredients
- 8 ounces spaghetti
- 2 tablespoons butter
- ⅓ cup Parmesan cheese
- 2 eggs lightly beaten
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 jar pasta sauce (32 ounces)
- ½ cup chopped onion
- 1 cup ricotta cheese
- ½ cup mozzarella cheese
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Brown 1 pound ground beef in a large skillet over medium heat, breaking up the beef as it cooks. Add ½ cup chopped onion and cook until the onion is soft.
- Stir 1 jar pasta sauce (32 ounces) into the beef mixture and heat through.
- Cook 8 ounces spaghetti until al dente according to the package directions. Drain the spaghetti and allow it to cool slightly.
- While the spaghetti is still warm, stir in 2 tablespoons butter, ? cup Parmesan cheese, and 2 eggs lightly beaten until combined. Press the spaghetti mixture into the bottom of a greased deep dish pie plate to form the crust.
- Spread 1 cup ricotta cheese evenly over the spaghetti crust.
- Pour beef mixture over the crust and ricotta cheese.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes.
- Sprinkle ½ cup mozzarella cheese over the top and bake for 5 more minutes until the cheese is melted.
- Let the spaghetti pie set for 10 minutes and then it's ready to slice, serve and enjoy!
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Notes
Recipe Tips
- Cooking Pasta - This is a great recipe to use leftover pasta. Make sure to cook al dente as the pasta will continue to cook as it bakes. You do not want mushy pasta.
- Place in Pie Pan - When placing the spaghetti noodles in the pie plate, make sure to cover the entire bottom. This acts as the crust so you want every bit to be filled with the layers.
- Rest Pie - After baking the spaghetti pie allow it to rest for about 10 minutes to let the ingredients marinade together.
Recipe Variations
- Pasta - Of course this dish is named spaghetti pie but any type of pasta will work. Try using elbow, shells, penne or bowtie.
- Veggies - I like to use a blend of red, yellow and green bell peppers with the onion. Spinach is also delicious cooked with the onion and bell pepper mixture.
- Ricotta - You can omit the ricotta and cottage cheese layer if you do not like this. Cream cheese is a creamy substitute.
- Cheese - While it calls for Mozzarella or Italian blend, anything will work. I have used Colby and cheddar on top because that is what I had. Sometimes I add an extra 1/2 cup of cheese because we love cheese.
- Italian sausage - This is a tasty substitution for ground turkey or ground beef.
Nutrition
Calories: 541kcal | Carbohydrates: 37g | Protein: 30g | Fat: 30g | Saturated Fat: 14g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 11g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 151mg | Sodium: 824mg | Potassium: 721mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 977IU | Vitamin C: 9mg | Calcium: 248mg | Iron: 4mg
