The basic idea is you use cooked spaghetti as the "crust" for the pie. I've always mixed the cooked spaghetti with a combination of ricotta and parm cheeses mixed with one or two eggs, maybe a bit of fresh chopped parsley and pepper (like what you would use making lasagna). This gets put into a buttered, deep pie plate, and patted up the sides to form the crust. Then fill it with a thick, meaty tomato sauce - bake at 350 for about half an hour, then top with shredded mozzarella and bake longer until the cheese melts.

...let stand a bit and then cut into wedges to serve - a little extra sauce on the side if available...

Anyway, that's the concept. For one pie plate you'd probably use maybe 1/2 box of spaghetti, a cup of ricotta, half cup or more of parm cheese and a couple of eggs...then as much sauce as you have room for.

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SPAGHETTI PIE (serves 6)
16 oz spaghetti
2 TBL butter
1/3 cup grated Parmesan
2 eggs, well beaten
1 lb ground beef or ground pork sausage (I use beef)
1/2 cup onion, chopped
1/4 cup green pepper, chopped
14 oz can tomatoes, diced
6 oz can tomato paste
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp dried oregano, crushed (I use more)
1/2 tsp garlic salt
8 oz container cottage cheese, (small curd)
1/2 cup Mozzarella, shredded

Cook the spaghetti per pkg directions; drain. You should have about 3 1/4 cup pasta. Stir butter into hot spaghetti. Stir in Parmesan & eggs. Form spaghetti mixture into a "crust" in a 10" buttered pie plate. In skillet, cook ground beef, onion & green pepper until vegetables are tender & meat is browned. Drain off excess fat. Stir in undrained tomatoes, tomato paste, sugar, oregano & garlic salt. (You can also substitute garlic powder w/minced garlic but add it when cooking the meat.) Heat through.
Spread cottage cheese over bottom of spaghetti crust. Top w/tomato mixture. Bake, uncovered in a preheated 350° oven for 20 minutes. sprinkle the Mozzarella on top. Bake 5 minutes longer or until cheese melts.~~Kitchen Miracles

This place is awesome. Thank you both!

You're welcome!

Let us know how it turns out!!

I'll try to remember to take pictures! Every time I look at the what's for dinner thread at the Cooking forum, I think I'm gonna do that, but I never think about it when I'm making dinner. Too busy anticipating shoveling the food in my mouth, I guess. LOL

That is a good recipe. I haven't made it in years, but I'm going to make two to take to the field. Thanks for the reminder.