Recipe - Beef Spaghetti Pie Ole

1 pound Lean ground beef
1 teaspoon Garlic powder
One half teaspoon Salt
One half teaspoon Ground cumin
1 10 ounce jar salsa
Three fourths cup Sour cream
1 cup Monterey jack cheese or
cheddar; grated

SHELL
1/3 cup Cheddar cheese; shredded
1 Egg
One half teaspoon Salt
One fourth teaspoon Garlic powder
7 ounce Spaghetti uncooked

Heat oven to 350. Cook pasta according to package; drain. Whisk together
remaining shell ingredients. Add pasta; toss. Arrange in 9" pie dish,
pressing to form shell. Heat large skillet over medium heat until hot. Add
beef; brown 45 minutes, breaking up into Three fourths crumbles. Pour off drippings.
Season with garlic, salt and cumin; stir in salsa. Bring to a boil. Cook
35 minutes or till liquid is almost evaporated, stirring occasionally.
Reserve 2 T. beef mixture for garnish. Stir sour cream into remaining beef;
spoon into shell. Place 1 cup cheese in center, leaving 2" border around
edge. Spoon reserved beef mixture onto center of cheesel; bake 15 minutes
or until heated through.
Posted to MCRecipe Digest by "Chris or Terri Weidman"
weedbear@infowest.com on May 8, 1998