Spiral Pepperoni Pizza Bake

Submitted by CookingONTheSide

"From Taste of Home"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 10mins
• Ingredients: 15
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 1 (8 ounce) package spiral shaped pasta
• 1 lb ground beef
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
• 1 (15 ounce) can pizza sauce
• 1⁄4 teaspoon garlic salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon italian seasoning
• 1 teaspoon fresh parsley, minced
• 1 egg
• 1 cup half-and-half
• 1⁄4 cup parmesan cheese, shredded (you can use more if you like)
• 1⁄4 cup romano cheese, shredded
• 2 cups part-skim mozzarella cheese, shredded
• 1 (1 1/2 ounce) package pepperoni, sliced

directions

1. Cook pasta according to package directions.
2. Meanwhile, in a Dutch oven, cook the beef, onion, salt and pepper over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain.
3. Stir in the pizza sauce, garlic salt and Italian seasoning and fresh parsley; remove from the heat and set aside.
4. In small bowl, combine the eggs, half 'n half and parmesan cheese and Romano cheese.
5. Drain pasta; toss with egg mixture.
6. Transfer to a greased 3-quart baking dish.
7. Top with beef mixture, mozzarella cheese and pepperoni.
8. Cover and bake at 350°F for 20 minutes.
9. Uncover, bake 20-25 minutes longer or until golden brown.

Reviews

[PSU_Lioness]

This was really good and the entire family liked it. My only problem was that it seemed to dry out after baking and we had to squirt some ketchup on it to eat it. Other than that, the flavor was good. I used garlic powder instead of salt and followed another reviewer's advice and subbed cooked Italian sausage for the ground beef (which was great!). I also broiled it for 5 minutes to get a nice brown on the cheese and pepperonis. I'm sure we will make this again with some added sauce. Thanks for posting!

 

[Cheffawn]

Pretty good recipe.. I used veggie burger crumbles and vegetarian pepperoni to make it healthier.

 

[Michelle_My_Belle]

I got mixed reviews on this. I would probably have to play around a little to get it exactly to our liking but it wasn't something we couldn't eat.

 

[True Texas]

Made this earlier in the week an just remembered I needed to review. This is very good! Loaded with cheese. I was afraid that it might be too dry with the sauce on top, but it was great. The romono cheese was I bought was not shreeded but creamy so it added a great flavor to the dish. Very expensive at my small town store but worth it.

 

[IngridH]

We didn't really care for this. It was very easy to make, and looked great on the table and on the plate. Unfortunately, the combination of the cheese and pepperoni on the top gave it a very greasy feeling and taste. Additionally, the amount of seasoning is so small that it didn't taste like much. It might be better if the ingredients were mixed rather than layered, but I don't think we will try this one again.