Spaghetti Pie

Total Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (6 ounce) package spaghetti
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1/3 cup grated parmesan cheese
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1 lb lean ground beef
• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 1/4 cup chopped green bell pepper
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can diced tomatoes
• 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 cup cottage cheese
• 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

Recipe

• 1 cook and drain spaghetti. stir in margarine, parmesan cheese and eggs, while spaghetti is hot. form spaghetti mixture into a crust in a buttered 10 inch pie plate.
• 2 preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c).
• 3 in a skillet cook the beef, onion, green pepper and garlic. drain off the fat and stir in the undrained tomatoes, tomato paste, sugar and oregano. heat through.
• 4 spread cottage cheese over the spaghetti crust then pour in the beef and tomato mixture.
• 5 bake at 350 degrees f (175 degrees c) for 20 minutes. sprinkle mozzarella cheese over the top of the pie then bake for 5 minutes longer, until cheese melts.