Recipe - Spaghetti Pie With Ragu Filling

6 ounce Spaghetti
One half cup Parmesan cheese; grated
2 Eggs; beaten
2 tablespoon Butter; room temperature
1 One half cup Part skim Ricotta cheese
1 pound Ground pork OR ground round
1 md Onion; chopped
1 cl Garlic; minced
1 cup Tomato sauce
1 One half teaspoon Italian seasoning
One fourth teaspoon Crushed hot red pepper
One half cup Mozzarella cheese; grated

Preheat oven to 350. Butter well the inside of a 10" pie plate. In a large
pot of lightly salted boiling water, cook spaghetti until barely
tender..about 8 min. Drain well. In a med. bowl, mix hot spaghetti with
Parmesan cheese, eggs, and butter until butter melts and egg is beaten.
Spread into prepared pie plate, pushing mixture up sides to form a shell.
Spoon ricotta cheese into bottom of shell and spread evenly, leaving a 1"
border. Cover and refrigerate while making filling. In a large skillet,
cook ground pork OR beef, onion and garlic over med. heat, breaking up
lumps of meat with a spoon until pork OR beef loses its pink color..about 5
min. Stir in tomato sauce, Italian seasoning and hot pepper. Spread meat
filling over ricotta. Bake until spaghetti crust is set..about 30 min.
Sprinkle mozarella over top and bake until cheese melts..about 5 min. Let
stand 5 minutes then cut into wedges to serve.
Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #172

Date: Sun, 28 Jul 1996 19:45:56 0400

From: TheCookie@aol.com
NOTES : Spaghetti Aglio e Olio