Spaghetti Pie
Reduce, reuse, recycle, right? Does that count toward recipes for Spaghetti Pie?
Because when I identified the bag of frozen-solid mystery meat as chunks of crumbled meatloaf (and the bag? it was a bread bag from a new line of grainy breads I’m currently enjoying – Silver Hills – I bought mine at Co-Op)
it triggered a memory of spaghetti pie, which fit my dinner profile perfectly considering I also had frozen spinach and a container of freshly made ricotta and half a can of diced tomatoes in the fridge. Will you forgive me if I recycle the photos from two years ago? Because it looked EXACTLY THE SAME.
I’ve seen many versions of spaghetti pie, some in which the pasta is tossed with the sauce and cheese, then baked, others that have the crust par-baked first to crisp it up, and others with layers of cottage cheese between the noodles and sauce.
So I improvised: tossed the leftover spaghetti with some beaten egg, a bit of grated Parmesan, a grinding of pepper and a big spoonful of pesto, just because there was some open in the fridge and W is such a fan, then spread the spaghetti into an oiled pie plate, pushing it up the sides a bit to make a sort of crust.
Then I proceeded as if it were a lasagna – I crumbled some ricotta and thawed, squeezed-out spinach over the crust,
topped it with crumbled meatloaf, diced tomatoes and some leftover sauce…
and a little extra Parmesan with the grated part-skim mozzarella, and baked it at 350F for about half an hour, until all was golden, crispy-edged and bubbly. A Big Green Salad to go with.
This isn’t the first time I’ve planned something like this poorly; my Freezer Week* (*sadly not as exciting as Fleet Week) is coming to an abrupt end after two days. Or perhaps we’ll just put it on pause? Because looking at my calendar I have our Forage dinner tomorrow, Avenue mag’s 7th Annual Food Awards and then CHARCUT on Thursday, and I’m in Banff on Friday to do an event on Saturday. Sunday I’ll be back in the kitchen.
And tomorrow! I’ll take lots of pictures at Forage. Can’t wait! There are a couple tickets left if anyone wants to join us! Call Forage at 403-269-6551.
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