Linda's Spaghetti Pie

Name: Linda's Spaghetti Pie
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 8-12 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 lb spaghetti, cooked; 4 cups of your own homemade spaghetti sauce or 1 (32 ounce) jar of your favorite spaghetti sauce; 1 lb ground beef; 1 large onion, diced (add only if you are using a jar or can of spaghetti sauce); 1 teaspoon italian seasoning (add only if you are using a jar or can of spaghetti sauce); 1/2 teaspoon basil (add only if you are using a jar or can of spaghetti sauce); salt and pepper, to taste; 4 eggs; 1/2 cup parmesan cheese; 16 ounces ricotta cheese; parsley; mozzarella cheese, to sprinkle on top of each pie

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Submitted by Lindas Busy Kitchen

"I have made this many times and everyone loves it, especially the kids...Try it...You will love it too! Serving size really depends on how small or lg. you cut your wedges. If you want a great sauce to use with this recipe, try my recipe for Recipe #258679. It's a delicious sauce and sure to please!"

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Ready In:: 1hr 5mins
Ingredients:: 12
Serves:: 8-12

ingredients

1 lb spaghetti, cooked
1 cups of your own homemade spaghetti sauce or (32 ounce) jar of your favorite spaghetti sauce
1 lb ground beef
1 large onion, diced (add only if you are using a jar or can of spaghetti sauce)
1 teaspoon italian seasoning (add only if you are using a jar or can of spaghetti sauce)
¹⁄₂ teaspoon basil (add only if you are using a jar or can of spaghetti sauce)
salt and pepper, to taste
4 eggs
¹⁄₂ cup parmesan cheese
16 ounces ricotta cheese
parsley
mozzarella cheese, to sprinkle on top of each pie

directions

2 (9-inch) deep dish pie pans.
Preheat oven to 350.
Boil spaghetti according to pkg directions. Drain, and set aside.
Brown the meat, and IF you are using canned or jarred spaghetti sauce, add onion, Italian seasoning, and basil to the beef mixture.
If you are using your own homemade sauce, it will already have enough spices in it to your taste.
Add salt and pepper, to taste. Set aside.
Beat 2 eggs, and mix in with spaghetti.
Add Parmesan cheese, and mix well. Set aside.
Spray pie pans with non-stick cooking spray.
Layer each pie pan, making a well in the middle, with a thin layer of spaghetti on the bottom, and bringing spaghetti up the sides to make a pie crust.
You may, or may not have spaghetti left over, depending on how big your pie plates are. Set aside.
Beat 2 eggs, add Ricotta and parsley. Mix well.
Layer a layer of spaghetti, a layer of ricotta, a layer of meat, and a layer of sauce.
Cover with Mozzarella cheese.
Bake for 25-30 mins., or until cheese is bubbly, and all is nice and hot.
Serve with garlic bread or sticks, and a salad, and you have a delicious meal!

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Reviews

We thought this was good. I had cut the recipe in half, because I only wanted one pie, but ended up with enough spaghetti & meat filling to fill 2 pies. I had extra ricotta, so I just made a 2nd pie and froze it. I usually use a different recipe, but wanted to try a different one. Hubby definitely liked this one better. I prefer the other one, only because that recipe mixes the ricotta in with the spaghetti mixture. Hubby definitely prefers the flavor of the layering effect. All in all, we all really enjoyed it, even my 2 year old who does not like much of anything at dinnertime. If he eats it, it means the recipe is truly a great one. Thanks for sharing it.

TexasKelly
This got an enthusiastic thumbs up from all 6 diners, including my Italian-American mom. Even my DH, who sometimes complains that we eat too much Italian-style food, loved this. What's not to like? Simple, easy, fast, cheap broad appeal and yummy. I did sub cottage cheese for the ricotta because that's all I had. I used a good quality jar sauce, fresh basil and parsley, and fresh mozzarella. I had some leftover loose mild italian sausage so I mixed that with 1/2 lb of ground beef. My kids were soaking up the juice with their bread. Thanks so much for sharing this recipe, it's a keeper!

Gina Farina
Hearty, satisfying family meal. Thank you for sharing!

Ashleys Kitchen
My boys ate and ate and ate this and asked me if I could have it again so this has been added to our favorites! So easy to prepare and delicious too! What more could a busy mom ask for?

Nataly
I already have a spaghetti pie recipe in my collection, but I wanted to try a different one. I'm so glad I did...this is great!! Spaghetti made a nice firm "crust", and it was very flavorful. I didn't have ricotta or cottage cheese, so I substituted sour cream, and it worked out just as well. Thanks for posting!! Will definitely make again.

Crystal W

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Tweaks

This was a great hit at our house! I altered the recipe a little for what I had on hand. I was out of cottage cheese for the egg mixture so I used 1/2 c. sour cream and 1/3 c. half-n-half, 1/3 c. parmesan cheese, 1 tsp. italian seasoning, 1/2 tsp. salt, 1/4 c. of the spaghetti sauce and added the 1 tsp. of sugar to the egg (used 2 eggs) mixture instead. I added 1/3 c. parmesan cheese layer (thin) in between spaghetti and sauce and used sausage instead of ground beef. My kids loved it and put in orders for more! I can't wait to taste the difference with cottage cheese vs. my concoction in my next batch. They loved this and so did I. Definitely will become a OAMC dish for us! This is a nice change to our regular spaghetti dinner and not much more effort. Thank you Linda!

lgcooper68
I never made a spaghetti pie before, we really liked this and made a change to our normal pasta dish on Monday evenings! I will make this again and also will try to use chicken instead of beef. Many thanks!

PetsRus

RECIPE SUBMITTED BY

Lindas Busy Kitchen

Durham, 69

Hi Everyone, I just don't have the time these days to send out individual thank yous for those that make and review my recipes, but I  just want you to know that you are truly appreciated and it tickles me every time I get a review, knowing you tried my recipes and enjoyed them the way I do. I even appreciate the ones that tried them and for some reason they didn't work out for you.  Everyone has different tastes, and you can't please everyone all the time.   Lots of times people change the recipes, adding things, leaving things out, and not seasoning them to their own taste, and give a bad review...  Recipes are only guidelines, and if you follow mine and don't like it, then it's a personal preference as to why you don't like it, and I appreciate that.  However, if you don't follow my recipe then it is YOUR recipe that you don't like, and my recipe shouldn't be rated. IMHO   Thanks for trying them anyway  :) Hugs, Linda   My name is Linda. I am happily single, and I live in Rochester NH. I just moved back to the town where most of my family lived years ago, and where I lived as a child, after living in NC for 5 years. I have 2 grown sons, a dil, and 2 beautiful grandsons. I really enjoy my time here on Zaar posting recipes, trying new recipes, taking pictures, and reviewing lots of yummy recipes! I love to cook, and share recipes. The recipes that I share are mainly my own creations, or family recipes passed down to me from my mom and grandmother, and other family members or friends. If I post something from somewhere else, it has to sound REALLY good to me for me to post it! Many of the dishes that I prepare are simple, good, down home cooking. Many of them originate from New England, as my grandmother is from Maine, and my mother from New Hampshire. I do also like to try making some gourmet recipes as well, using my creativity along the way. I started cooking at a the age of 8, helping my mother and grandmother in the kitchen. My curiosity for cooking has led me to create many of my own recipes through trial and error. I hope you enjoy them as much as my family and I do :) In my spare time I play on my computer collecting recipes, and have been working on creating a cookbook to publish for some time, but have put it aside for now. I also love to travel and shop. I love to go to the beach and mountains, and as food is a passion of mine, I love to dine out and try many different cuisines in the area, and with friends when I am traveling :) I made my first herb garden in 2008, but have had vegetable gardens for many years in the past. I have done my share of canning and I love those fresh herbs and veggies all summer long! My Rating System: 5 Stars ***** Outstanding recipe that I absolutely loved. It can be down home or restaurant quality, as long as it tastes great and I didn't have to make any changes along the way! Also recipe has to have clear directions. One I would definately make again and again. 4 Stars **** Great recipe that I loved, but one that I may have had to tweak just a bit. Directions may have not been crystal clear. One I would make again and again with my changes. 3 Stars *** I liked the recipe, but had to add ingredients, or add more of a called for ingredient to have the recipe come out the way I like it. I would probably make again sometime. 2 Stars ** This recipe was ok, but I probably wouldn't make it again due to lack of taste, undesireable texture, or unclear directions etc. 1 Star * This recipe was one I didn't like at all. Either the amounts of ingredients were wrong (too little flavor or too much of one/some of the ingredients in the recipe), or the recipe didn't come out right following the directions given. Lack of directions. 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