Receta Spaghetti Pie
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
This is a great recipe for feeding a crowd or splitting the recipe in half and making one for the freezer for serving later.
Spaghetti Pie
Yield: serves 8
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 45 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour
Baked spaghetti and meat sauce topped with mozzarella cheese.
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 lbs. ground chuck
- 1 C. onion chopped fine
- 1 stalk celery chopped
- 1 t. minced garlic
- 1 T. sugar
- 1 28 oz. can crushed tomatoes
- 3 T. tomato paste
- 1/2 t. salt
- 1 1/2 t. basil
- 1/2 t. oregano
- 8 oz. spaghetti
- 1/3 C. grated parmesan cheese
- 2 beaten eggs
- 1 C. small curd cottage cheese
- 8 oz. shredded mozzarella cheese
Directions:
Brown meat and drain. Add onion, celery and garlic, cook until tender. Add salt, sugar, oregano, basil, tomatoes and tomato paste. Cook 20 minutes.
Cook spaghetti noodles in salted water and drain. Add cottage cheese and beaten eggs. Stir and then add parmesan cheese.
Butter a 9 x 13 inch pan. Pour in spaghetti mixture and even it out. Top with sauce. Finish by topping with mozzarella cheese.
Bake at 325°F. for 45 minutes.