Spaghetti Pie

Ever cook so much food because you thought everyone was going to eat Sunday dinner with you since you hardly ever see them anymore, but you end up having all these leftovers? Here is a good recipe for leftover spaghetti that is easy to make.

Ingredients

2 cloves garlic, minced
1 lb. ground beef
1/2 c. chopped onion
2 c. tomato sauce
12 oz. cooked spaghetti
1/3 c. Parmesan cheese
3 eggs, beaten
1 c. ricotta or cottage cheese
1/2 c. shredded mozzarella cheese

  1. Preheat oven to 350°.
  2. Butter the bottom and sides of a shallow baking pan.
  3. Cook beef, garlic, and onion in a sauté pan over medium heat until meat is brown.
  4. Drain the fat.
  5. Stir tomato sauce into meat mixture. Set aside.
  6. In a bowl combine spaghetti, Parmesan cheese and eggs. Mix well. Pour into the buttered pan and spread evenly across the bottom.
  7. Spread ricotta or cottage cheese over the spaghetti mixture.
  8. Pour meat sauce mixture over ricotta cheese. Spread carefully; do not mix.
  9. Sprinkle mozzarella over the meat mixture.
  10. Bake at 350° about 20 minutes until hot and set. Do not overbake.

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I was born in the U.S., but my heart belongs to Italy. I have developed this blog to talk about all things Italian, including travel, art, food, history, and life in general. I lived in Italy when I was a child, in Milano, went to first grade there, and, even though I was so young, it has left quite an impression on me. In fact, to this day I have been trying to find my way back to a life there, but having a family makes it a not so easy thing! Of course, I go there every chance I get, having my father's side of the family there, mostly in the Lazio region which is in central Italy. By the way, here's a bit of useless information - my name, Marcia, means belonging to the Roman god Mars. In Italian, it's actually spelled Marzia, but my name is in Portuguese.

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