Suzanne has made me a cheese making junkie! I’ve made Homemade Velveeta, Lactic Cheese, Kefir Cheese, and yesterday, I tried Mozzarella! And I made Ricotta Cheese from the whey left over from the Mozzarella!
I wanted to make something different with my homemade goodness. So I searched by ingredient “Mozzarella” and found Spaghetti Pie by Mrs. Turkey !
How to make Spaghetti Pie:
8 ounces cooked spaghetti, drained
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 egg, lightly beaten
1 – 1 1/2 lbs hamburger cooked and drained of visible fat
1 medium onion chopped
2 cups spaghetti sauce
1 package (8 ounces) shredded mozzarella cheese
We watch our salt intake on everything, so I make up my own spaghetti sauce as it’s needed with some home canned tomato sauce and Homemade Spaghetti Sauce Mix.
And because I had a 1/2 cup of Ricotta Cheese, I put that in the sauce, too!
While spaghetti is cooking, brown hamburger and onion together until redness is gone, crumbling it up as it cooks. We like sausage in our spaghetti, so I used that instead.
Spray a 9 inch pie plate.
Lightly beat the egg and measure out the Parmesan cheese.
Toss cooked and drained spaghetti, Parmesan cheese and egg together. Place in pie plate and push across bottom and up sides forming a pie crust shape effect.
Mix the hamburger (or sausage) mixture in with the sauce and place in spaghetti crust.
Sprinkle the mozzarella on top – or slice your homemade Mozzarella into thin slices.
Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until hot and bubbly.
Slice and enjoy with a piece of homemade garlic toast!
This was a wonderful recipe and one we’ll be using again! It’s also a very versatile recipe, one that you can use what you have and what you like! Thank you, Mrs. Turkey, for this wonderful recipe!
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Suzanne McMinn says:
That looks delicious! I need to try that. My kind of recipe–looks easy and GOOD. And your mozzarella looks fantastic!!!
On May 20, 2010 at 7:24 am
Dede ~ wvhomecanner says:
I need to get on the cheese addiction train LOL. This does look good!
On May 20, 2010 at 7:47 am
Cathy Jones (catray44) says:
Looks like what’s for dinner tonight! Thank you for the great idea, Mrs. Turkey and CindyP!
On May 20, 2010 at 8:18 am
Rose says:
Dear Cindy, I have copied all of your recipes and plan to make at least one today. They all look good. Would you please share your recipe for Velveeta cheese. I just received my first kit for cheesemaking, but would love to have yours for the Velveeta. Thank you, and have a wonderful day. Rose
On May 20, 2010 at 9:45 am
Suzanne McMinn says:
Rose, Cindy has her recipe for Quick Cheese on Farm Bell! Look under Dairy, Cheese, or just put Quick Cheese in the search box at the top of the sidebar!
On May 20, 2010 at 10:46 am
LD says:
I used to make this many years ago with leftover spaghetti. My kids loved it! My husband thought it was a personal insult, however. Thanks for posting this … haven’t thought about spaghetti pie in YEARS!
On May 20, 2010 at 10:33 am
KentuckyFarmGirl says:
Yum! My boys would love this!
On May 20, 2010 at 11:41 am
Carol Langille says:
Tried this tonight for the first time and it was great. I used 12 oz of spaghetti and almost 2 lbs of ground beef so I had to use my 9 By 13 inch casserole pan. I also added some cottage cheese because I had it and didn’t have ricotta.
Really good flavor and not hard to make. Thanks, CindyP!
Carol Langille
On May 21, 2010 at 8:10 pm