Deep Dish Italian Meat Pie
- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Yields:
-
1 deep dish pie
- Serves:
- 6-8
ingredients
- 1 lb lean ground beef or 1 lb Italian sausage
- 1⁄2 cup green pepper, chopped
- 2 teaspoons cornstarch
- 3⁄4 cup water
- 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can Italian-style crushed tomatoes, Hunts Italian flavored
- 1 piece garlic, chopped
- 1⁄2 teaspoon basil
- 1⁄4 cup dehydrated onion, chopped
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄8 teaspoon black pepper
- 1⁄3 cup parmesan cheese, grated and divided in half
- 1 - 1 1⁄2 cup mozzarella cheese, grated and divided in half
- 1 deep dish pie shell
directions
- Preheat oven to 350ºF.
- Brown beef in large skillet.
- Drain, add green pepper and cook 2 minutes.
- Dissolve cornstarch in water and add to skillet along with tomatoes and all seasonings.
- Cover and simmer 10 minutes.
- Sprinkle half of Parmesan cheese over bottom of pie crust.
- Cover with half of meat mixture, then half of Mozzarella, followed by the remaining meat mixture.
- Bake pie on cookie sheet 15 minutes.
- Sprinkle with remaining Mozzarella cheese and return to oven 5 more minutes or until cheese melts.
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