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Spaghetti Pie With Ragu Filling

Cuisine: Italian
Type: Pasta
Serves: 4 people

Recipe Ingredients

6 oz 170gSpaghetti
1/2 cup 73g / 2.6ozParmesan cheese - grated
2   Eggs - beaten
2 tablespoons 30mlButter - room temperature
1 1/2 cups 219g / 7.7ozPart skim ricotta cheese
1 lb 454g / 16ozGround pork or ground round
1 lb 454g / 16ozOnion - chopped (medium)
1   Garlic - minced
1 cup 237mlTomato sauce
1 1/2 teaspoons 7.5mlItalian seasoning
1/4 teaspoon 1.3mlCrushed hot red pepper
1/2 cup 73g / 2.6ozMozzarella cheese - grated

Recipe Instructions

Preheat oven to 350. Butter well the inside of a 10" pie plate. In a large pot of lightly salted boiling water, cook spaghetti until barely tender..about 8 min. Drain well. In a med. bowl, mix hot spaghetti with Parmesan cheese, eggs, and butter until butter melts and egg is beaten. Spread into prepared pie plate, pushing mixture up sides to form a shell. Spoon ricotta cheese into bottom of shell and spread evenly, leaving a 1" border. Cover and refrigerate while making filling. In a large skillet, cook ground pork OR beef, onion and garlic over med. heat, breaking up lumps of meat with a spoon until pork OR beef loses its pink color..about 5 min. Stir in tomato sauce, Italian seasoning and hot pepper. Spread meat filling over ricotta. Bake until spaghetti crust is set..about 30 min. Sprinkle mozarella over top and bake until cheese melts..about 5 min. Let stand 5 minutes then cut into wedges to serve.

Source:
Anita A. Matejka

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