I saw this on Facebook. It was a Tasty recipe. I did a few things different: I used salt when cooking the spaghetti, I increased the amount of Italian Seasoning from 1 teaspoon, and I added the garlic. And I oiled the pan.
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Spaghetti Pie
16 ounces of dried spaghetti
Salt
4 eggs
1 cup Parmesan cheese – divided
1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
1 tablespoon chopped garlic
Olive oil
1 cup ricotta
1 1/2 cup mozzarella – divided
1 1/2 cup sauce
Cook the spaghetti (with salt if that is how you regularly cook your pasta).
While the pasta is cooking, beat the eggs.
Drain the spaghetti. Mix the cooked, drained spaghetti with the beaten eggs, 1/2 cup of the Parmesan cheese, the Italian seasoning, and the chopped garlic.
Oil/grease a baking dish/pan*. Put the spaghetti mixture in a baking dish/pan. Make a well in the middle, as if the pasta is a pie crust. Put the ricotta cheese in the middle. Sprinkle the ricotta with 3/4 cup of the mozzarella. Put the sauce on top of the ricotta**. Sprinkle the sauce with the rest of the mozzarella and Parmesan.
Bake at 375° F for 45 minutes. Then broil for 2 minutes.
Slice like a pie and serve.
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We liked this. As we were eating it I thought it was a bit dry so I was trying to think of what to do to make it a little more flavorful and/or moist on the outskirts of the “pie”. But when I was cleaning the pan I noticed that most of the egg/moisture had seeped out of the bottom of the pan.
*I used a cheesecake pan. I noticed when I picked it up to put it in the oven that it was leaking. I was hoping that I put it in quick enough that the egg would have solidified before all leaking out. I think most of it leaked out. Because I noticed it leaking I put the pan on aluminum foil while baking.
**The recipe shows the sauce being added on top of the ricotta in the “well” . . . I think when I make it again I might put a little on the outside of the well.
I will make this again because it was easy and it was good. And we will be eating it for three nights. You know how I love leftovers. But . . . and I know this will “complicate” it . . . I think next time I am going to add meat. I just wanted it to be a little heartier so I think ground beef will do it. I will probably add more cheese to the spaghetti before I put it in the pan . . . probably some ricotta. I did like how the spaghetti was crispy on the edges.
What do you think? Spaghetti pie? Do you have a recipe for a version of this? I know it is basically just spaghetti with read sauce, but ricotta really makes it yummy.
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