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A spatula lifts a slice of baked spaghetti pie casserole topped with melted cheese, meat sauce, and chopped parsley from a white dish. Fresh parsley and a tomato are in the background.
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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!
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Italian
Servings: 6
Author: Carrie Barnard

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
  • Brown ground beef in a large skillet. Breaking up the beef as it browns. Add in the chopped onions. Cook until onions are soft.
  • Stir in the marinara sauce.
  • Cook and drain spaghetti based on al dente. Allow the spaghetti to cool slightly.
  • Stir in the butter, parmesan cheese and eggs, while spaghetti is warm. Form spaghetti mixture into a crust at the bottom of a greased deep dish pie plate.
  • Spread Ricotta cheese over the spaghetti crust.
  • Pour beef mixture over the crust and ricotta cheese.
  • Bake for 20-25 minutes.
  • Spread the shredded mozzarella cheese on top and bake for 5 minutes until the cheese is melted.
  • Let the spaghetti pie set for 10 minutes and then it's ready to slice, serve and enjoy!

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

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