Easy Baked Spaghetti Pie
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Apparently I have been living under a rock! This Easy Baked Spaghetti Pie has been around forever and it IS easy and SO delicious! Layers of meat, cheese, a rich tomato sauce and spaghetti, create this spaghetti dinner in pie form!
We invited several of my son’s friends for dinner a few weeks back, they devoured it! And believe me, when teenagers give something a thumbs up, you know it’s good!
If you love easy weeknight meals, you might enjoy these reader favorites: Chicken & Sausage Jambalaya, 30 Minute Cheesesteak Sandwiches or this Light Chicken Parmesean.
Can I freeze the Pie?
Yes! You can assemble it all and freeze it pre-baked!
We all need a few recipes like that during any busy season! Running around during the day, or baking all day, sometimes we just do not have time to think about making dinner!
I love dinners I can make ahead and freeze! Like my Grandpa Frank’s Spaghetti Sauce, so versatile, quick thaw, boil some pasta, toss in some frozen meatballs or sausages and you have dinner!
Or try this super simple Instant Pot recipe for Buffalo Chicken (make sliders, a dip, sandwiches).
Simple, Wholesome Ingredients
- Spaghetti (try whole grain or gluten free)
- Ground beef and Italian sausage
- EVOO
- Yellow or sweet onion
- Garlic (must have garlic, this is Italian you know!)
- Crushed tomatoes
- Tomato paste
- Italian Seasoning (this is my favorite, cause it has paprika in it!)
- Sea Salt
- Eggs
- Cream Cheese (or Ricotta!)
- Sliced Mozzarella (optional)
- Shredded Italian Cheese
Alternative Ingredients for Spaghetti Pie
- Try a different noodle! Spaghetti works best, but Penne, Rigatoni and others would work well too! You may even be able to use zoodles, use uncooked!
- Omit the meat and make it vegetarian
- Try spicy Italian Sausage
- Add some red pepper flakes if you like it spicy
- Try using different Italian cheeses, or throw caution to the wind and use Jack, Cheddar or your favorite cheese.
- Replace the cream cheese with ricotta making it a bit more like lasagna, or get totally crazy and use cottage cheese!
- Wait for it…add caramelized peppers, squash and onions! GAH!
This is how cooking is meant to be, at least that is how I would like to encourage you to cook!
I don’t have “this” ingredient, that’s okay, substitute something else that is similar. Don’t like an ingredient? Well leave it out, or replace it with something you love. We call it “making it yours!”
P.S. You will notice, there is a section missing cheese, that’s intentional as my youngest doesn’t like “melty” cheese!
Recommended Tools for Baked Spaghetti Pie
- Large heavy bottomed saucepan
- 9-10 in Springform Pan, 9″ Deep Dish Pie Plate or double the recipe and bake in a 9×13 Baking Dish.
- A good wooden spoon, love this set!
- Tin foil and a half sheet pan in case your pan leaks or overflows
- A good serving spatula! These are my favorites, large and small
Make it your way! I made it my way! The original recipe is adapted from A Spicy Perspective you should check out her blog! So fun!
Serve Spaghetti Pie with:
- Cheesy Garlic Bread
- Crisp Green or Caesar Salad or try this Yummy Mediterranean Dip.
- Tiramisu for dessert! Oh yeah! Also a make ahead treat!
- Swish it all down with a Blood Orange G & T
Let me know how you make it your own? Comment below at the very end of the post!
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Equipment
Ingredients
- 16 oz Spaghetti try whole grain or gluten free
- 16 oz Ground beef
- 14 oz bulk Italian sausage
- 2 Tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 medium Yellow or sweet onion chopped
- 3-5 cloves Garlic minced
- 28 oz can Crushed tomatoes
- 2-3 Tablespoons Tomato paste
- 2 Tablespoons Italian Seasoning this is my favorite, cause it has paprika in it! + more to sprinkle on top
- 1 teaspoon Sea Salt
- 3 large eggs beaten
- 4 oz Cream Cheese softened (try equal amounts of Ricotta!)
- 3-6 oz sliced Mozzarella cheese optional
- 1 cup shredded Italian Cheese or use shredded mozzarella
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350° F and spray or grease a 9-10 spring form pan or 9" deep dish pie plate or if doubling a 9×13 baking dish. Wrap your springform pan in foil to avoid leaking, place on half sheet baking pan.
- Bring a large pot of salted water over high heat to boil for pasta. In a separate large saucepan, over medium heat, melt butter and swirl in olive oil. Saute onions for about 7 minutes until translucent and browned slightly, add garlic and stir for 1 minute. Add ground beef and sausage, breaking up and cook until browned.
- Add crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, Italian seasoning and salt, stir well and simmer on low.
- Once water for pasta is boiling, add pasta and cook according to package. Drain and reserve pasta.
- Remove 2 cups of meat sauce, set aside. Add cooked pasta to remaining meat sauce and stir well to coat pasta. Beat eggs, add a little bit of meat sauce to egg mixture stirring to temper the eggs, then stir into the spaghetti mixture.
- Place spaghetti into prepared pan, pressing down to fit into pan (I used a sheet of waxed paper). Slice the cream cheese into thin slices and lay on top of pasta, or place ricotta by teaspoons dotting evenly over pasta. Use wax paper or spatula to spread out cheese.
- If using, layer slices of mozzarella cheese. Sprinkle with a little extra Italian Seasoning. Pour remaining meat sauce evenly over top of pie. Sprinkle shredded cheese over top and bake for 25 minutes until edges are crispy. Cool for 5 minutes before cutting. Delicious leftover and reheated.
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FREEZING INSTRUCTIONS
Make the pie as described above – BUT DO NOT BAKE. Wrap the pan in foil, then in plastic wrap to help guard against freezer burn and freeze. When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350° F and baked frozen pie COVERED for 50-60 minutes. If you are making multiples, use disposable foil baking pans, deep dish work best. Or line a pan with foil, prep the recipe, freeze and remove from pan, wrapping in plastic wrap or baggie, thereby not using one of your pans in the freezer.Substitutions or Suggestions
- Try a different noodle! Spaghetti works best, but Penne, Rigatoni and others would work well too! You may even be able to use zoodles, use uncooked!
- Omit the meat and make it vegetarian
- Try spicy Italian Sausage
- Add some red pepper flakes if you like it spicy
- Try using different Italian cheeses, or throw caution to the wind and use Jack, Cheddar or your favorite cheese.
- Replace the cream cheese with ricotta making it a bit more like lasagna, or get totally crazy and use cottage cheese!
- Wait for it…add caramelized peppers, squash and onions! GAH!
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This was a total hit with the family! Everybody loved it and the italian sausage adds so much flavor!
My family LOVED this recipe!! I am making it again today for my niece who just came home from the hospital with a new baby girl!
I loved this spaghetti pie. I used to make it with my mom but it was never this tall! I used the leftovers to make a spaghetti sandwich!
YYum, I love it, a spaghetti sandwich!
This is a super tasty version of Spaghetti Pie!
I send my son to his home with homemade meals and this not only was easy to put together, but he loved it. Devoured, so no freezing needed, but great tip!
I’ve made this recipe over a dozen times. My family loves it!
This sounds so good and I’m planning to make it this week. I know that it is going to be a hit at my house and I’m looking forward to trying it.
And I hope you love it Paula, thank you!