Spaghetti and Meatball Pot Pie Recipe - baked spaghetti and meatballs with a pizza dough crust - flip over for a fun way to eat pasta! Kids love this!!! Great way to use up leftover spaghetti and meatballs.
A few weeks ago I posted my version of Pizza Pot Pie. We loved it! It was a great change to pizza night. I was going through my Google reader last weekend and noticed Chris' post on Nibble Me This for Spaghetti and Meatball Pot Pies. Genius!! We had to give it a try. It was fantastic and so much more fun to eat than regular spaghetti and meatballs!
This is really simple to throw together. I used frozen meatballs and refrigerated pizza dough. The most time consuming part of this meal was boiling the pasta. Can't beat that! Give this a try on your next spaghetti night. Thanks for the inspiration Chris!
Yield: serves 6
Spaghetti & Meatball Pot Pie
prep time: 10 MINScook time: 15 MINStotal time: 25 mins
Spaghetti and Meatball Pot Pie Recipe - baked spaghetti and meatballs with a pizza dough crust - flip over for a fun way to eat pasta! Kids love this!!! Great way to use up leftover spaghetti and meatballs.
ingredients:
- 1 lb spaghetti
- 1 (26-oz) jar marinara sauce
- 1 bag frozen meatballs (I used Armour Italian Style)
- 18 mozzarella slices
- 1 can refrigerated pizza dough
- 6 ramekins (my ramekins were 5" x 2.5")
- olive oil
- Italian seasoning
instructions:
- Preheat oven to 425ºF.
- Cut 6 circles of dough about one inch larger than ramekin or bowl - you will need to cut 3 circles and re-roll the dough and cut 3 more circles.
- Boil spaghetti according to package directions. Drain and toss with marinara sauce.
- Spray ramekins with cooking spray. Place 3 slices of mozzarella in each ramekin - one on the bottom and split the other two to cover the sides. Put 5 meatballs on top of cheese and top with pasta (enough to fill ramekin).
- Spray the outside of the ramekin with cooking spray, then stretch a round of dough across the top and let hang over the edge. Brush dough with olive oil and sprinkle with Italian seasoning if desired.
- Bake for 15 minutes until dough is golden. Invert each pot pie onto a plate and lift off the ramekin.
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I bookmarked Chris' as well and yours looks equally delicious.
ReplyDeleteThis is awesome! My kids will love this fun to eat twist spaghetti. I can't wait to try it.
ReplyDeleteWhere's the chicken?
ReplyDelete[you can look forward to this question a lot; I'm channeling Walter Mondale. . . .]
ReplyDeleteI'm not even sure how I came across your site, but I LOVE IT!! I'm always looking for new meals to try and have printed several of yours!! You're doing a fantastic job - keep it up!! Adorable kitty's, by the way!!
ReplyDeleteThis is genius! What a fun take on the pot pie =)
ReplyDeleteLooks good! My hubs would like an all meatball pie.
ReplyDeleteI love all your posts & look forward to new ones!! This looks delicious & I can't wait to try it myself :)
ReplyDeleteOh, yum!!! These outrank chicken pot pie in my book :)
ReplyDeleteOne of the most creative dishes I have ever seen. Fantastic and so trying this out for my son. He would love it!
ReplyDeleteQuestion - I sprayed the non stick spray..but the cheese stuck bad and wouldn't come out..Any idea what I did wrong? Did you use fresh mozzarella or low moisture slices??
ReplyDeleteOtherwise it was an awesome dinner!
Betsy - I sprayed the heck out of the ramekins with Pam. I use regular low-moisture mozzarella slices - I've used both Publix brand and Land O'Lakes and neither of them stuck. You could try greasing the ramekins with Crisco - that might help with the sticky cheese.
ReplyDeleteAlso - don't let the ramekins cool for more than a few minutes. They need to be hot to get the cheese out.
U sure did wonderful with ur frozen meatballs!
ReplyDeleteSo deliciously exciting!
Thanks Steph! I did use the Publix brand slices and high temp Pam. Crisco is a good idea.
ReplyDeleteI love pies!! Thanks for this wonderful recipe. Ive been worrying that I can't put good harmony between pasta and pie.
ReplyDeleteSo, I decided I was going to make this over the weekend. I am so glad I did!! They were delicious!! I used your meatball recipe - http://www.plainchicken.com/2010/12/beef-meatballs-meatball-shop.html - and I used this recipe for the sauce, which was soooo good, and super easy - http://www.americastestkitchen.com/recipes/detail.php?docid=19355&extcode=M**ASCA00
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