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Home » Appetizers » Mini Meatball Spaghetti Pie

Mini Meatball Spaghetti Pie

October 2, 2015 by Jenny 9 Comments

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One of our favorite meals is spaghetti and meatballs.  My girls love it and it's a perfect recipe for Sunday dinner.  I came up with a perfect twist on an age old tradition by turning it into Mini Meatball Spaghetti Pie.  It's the perfect fun meal for the girls or even a perfect game day appetizer.

Mini Meatball Spaghetti Pie

Mini Meatball Spaghetti Pie are the perfect fun dinner idea or perfect game day appetizer.

My girls are definitely picky eaters, but they gobbled these up.  I made these as easy as possible by using Ragu Spaghetti Sauce as well as frozen meatballs.  I love knowing that when I use Ragu I'm choosing a sauce made with all natural ingredients that are farm grown.  Since the sauce made this much simpler, I was able to create mini spaghetti pies.  The spaghetti pies are so easy to make.  Check them out in the video below.

You need to be sure to grease the muffin tin so that the spaghetti doesn't stick, but there's three distinct tips to create the pies.  The spaghetti is combined with egg, butter and parmesan and then layered into the muffin tins like nests.  On top of each nest a ricotta and parmesan cheese mixture is dolloped.  A meatball is placed on top and then a layer of sauce is poured over the meatball and it's sprinkled with mozzarella cheese.  They are then baked to perfection.

Mini Meatball Spaghetti Pie Steps

I love when an age old traditional meal like spaghetti and meatballs can get turned into something as fun as Mini Meatball Spaghetti Pie.  It let my girls see that being creative in the kitchen can make a great meal.

Mini Meatballs Spaghetti Pie Appetizer 

Mini Meatball Spaghetti Pies

Mini Meatball Spaghetti Pies are the perfect appetizers that are kid and adult friendly.
3.50 from 6 votes
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Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 45 minutes
Servings: 24

Ingredients

  • 4 cup cooked spaghetti
  • 2 eggs
  • ⅓ cup melted butter
  • ½ cup Parmesan cheese
  • ¾ cup ricotta cheese
  • ¼ cup Parmesan cheese
  • 16 oz Ragu Spaghetti sauce
  • 24 mini meatballs
  • 1 cup mozzarella cheese

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350 F. Grease each muffin tray with coconut oil.
  • Combine the eggs, butter and parmesan cheese and pour over the cooked spaghetti.
  • Spread the spaghetti mixture in the greased muffin tray by creating nests.
  • Mix together the ricotta cheese and parmesan cheese and spread over the nests.
  • Place a meatball on top, cover with spaghetti sauce and sprinkle with mozzarella cheese. Bake for 30 minutes.

 

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  1. Jaime

    October 09, 2015 at 4:35 am

    This look wonderful, if not a little dry... Did you add any additional sauce to them upon serving?

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  2. Kristen

    October 05, 2015 at 10:35 am

    Jenny, these look wonderful! I really want to try these, that spaghetti in a cup looks super creamy and crunchy! yum

    Reply
  3. Barb

    October 04, 2015 at 11:53 am

    Have you tried freezing these? As a lone Sr. these would be wonderful for a winter evening meal if they could be frozen and reheated a couple at a time.

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    • Shari

      June 17, 2019 at 12:16 pm

      Can these be frozen? Cooking for a crowd. Limited reheating options when serving. Your suggestion.

      Reply
    • Karen

      July 11, 2019 at 6:54 pm

      4 stars
      I made these and divided the spaghetti mixture into 12 zip lock sandwich bags, then added the ricotta mix and sauce and two meatballs, froze, they were excellent just the right amount warmed in the microwave!

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      • Jenny Melrose

        August 17, 2019 at 11:00 pm

        That sounds amazing! I'll have to try the way you did it.

        Reply
      • Grace

        January 25, 2021 at 9:55 pm

        I have a question, l am inquiring about the butter measurement.. on my screen it reads *
        /1.5 cups melted butter*.
        What is the measurement?
        I am planning to make these in a couple days.

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        • Jenny Melrose

          January 26, 2021 at 7:09 pm

          Hi Grace,
          Thanks for your note! There was a typo so I've fixed it now. It's 1/3 cup of melted butter. Thanks and enjoy!

          Reply

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