Mighty Meaty Spaghetti Pie

Submitted by noway

"First of three pasta pies from an old BH&G cookbook."

 

• Ready In: 1hr
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 4 ounces spaghetti
• 2 eggs, beaten in separate bowls
• 1⁄3 cup grated parmesan cheese
• 1 tablespoon margarine or 1 tablespoon butter, cut up
• 1 cup cottage cheese, drained
• 1⁄2 lb ground beef or 1/2 lb bulk Italian sausage
• 1 medium onion, chopped (about 1/2 cup)
• 1⁄4 cup chopped green pepper
• 3⁄4 cup spaghetti sauce
• 1⁄2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Cook spaghetti according to package directions and drain.
3. Combine 1 beaten egg, Parmesan, and butter in a medium bowl. Add spaghetti, toss to coat.
4. Press spaghetti mixture into the bottom and sides of a greased 9-inch pie plate to create crust.
5. Combine 1 beaten egg and cottage cheese in small bowl. Spread over the spaghetti crust and set aside.
6. Cook meat, onion, and green pepper in skillet until the meat is brown. Drain excess fat from skillet and stir in spaghetti sauce. Cook until heated through.
7. Spoon meat mixture over cottage cheese layer.
8. Bake uncovered at 350F for 20 minutes. Sprinkle with mozzarella. Bake another 5 minutes or more until cheese is melted.
9. Let stand 5 minutes before serving.

Reviews

[Chicagoland Chef du]

Really tasty! It's a keeper. The whole family enjoy it. I used linguini noodles, spicy Italian sausage (our preference) and smashed the cottage cheese to make it creamier. Next time I may run it thru the food processor to make smoother. I'm always worried about the kids dissecting out 'things' they can identify. Thanks for posting an easy & great alternative to lasagna.

 

[CrystalC78]

We love this recipe, although I have changed a few things. I make it in a 13x9, so I use a bit more spaghetti and more cottage cheese and an extra egg to the noodles and the cottage cheese, but very excellent recipee!

 

[gailanng]

A pie that has got a hold on me; the same way my cell phone thinks it owns ME. Made for Everyday Is A Holiday.

 

[Shuzbud]

What a wonderful recipe! We absolutely loved it! It was very easy to adjust to Weight Watchers as well. I left out the parmesan to reduce the calories, used canned chopped tomatoes in place of spaghetti sauce and only used a light sprinkling of reduced-fat cheese. I loved the flavour of the italian sausage so will stick to that next time, rather than ground beef. Using very low fat sausage, this recipe had a total of 19 Weight Watchers points. I also found that it made more than 1 9-inch pie pan's worth so I also filled a small pyrex dish- tomorrow's leftovers will be so yummy! Thanks for a recipe I'll be making often!