I loved that this recipe equated the choice between making spaghetti or pizza for dinner to choosing a favorite child! 😉 Such a paralyzing decision! 🙂 A spaghetti pizza “crust” was too genius of an idea for me to pass up. I made it for my kids one night when my husband couldn’t join us for dinner- it seemed like the ultimate KID-friendly dinner. They gobbled it up!
This recipe was adapted from Tasting Table.com. I used whole wheat spaghetti, Trader Joe’s Tuscano Marinara Sauce, and Grana Padano instead of Parmesan. (I would have also added tons of garlic if it was for my husband and me! 🙂 ) Easy, tasty, and FUN!
Yield: Serves 4
- 1/2 pound whole wheat spaghetti
- 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
- 1/2 cup finely grated Parmesan or Grana Padano, separated
- 1-2 cups tomato or marinara sauce, to taste (I used Trader Joe’s Tuscano Marinara Sauce)
- 1 cup coarsely grated part-skim mozzarella cheese
- fresh basil, for garnish
- additional pizza toppings, to taste
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees, preferably on convection.
- Precook the spaghetti in salted boiling water for 6 minutes; cool slightly.
- Toss the noodles with the eggs and 1/4 cup Parmesan.
- Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper. Form a crust with the noodles on the pan. (I made a rectangle.)
- Bake it for 5 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and spread the tomato sauce, mozzarella cheese, and the last 1/4 cup of Parmesan over the top. Add any additional toppings as desired.
- Bake for an additional 15 minutes, or until the cheese begins to brown.
- Garnish with fresh basil, slice into wedges, and serve.
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What an awesome idea! Marking this one down to make for an easy work-night meal, thank you!
My husband was glad he missed this one.
My kids would eat it once a week! 🙂 Let me know what you think!
I sure will! I’ll have to see if it gets the teenage daughter’s stamp of approval. 😉
Very cool!!!
Fun, right? 🙂 Thanks, Johanne!
This is such a fab share Josette! 👏👏👏👏
Thank you so much, Sonal! Let me know if you make it with your kids! 🙂
When I will show this to them, I am pretty sure that they will jump with joy..
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This is awesome! I’ll have to try this for my kids 🙂
It screams “KIDS”!! 🙂
It does!
This looks fantastic! I love that this is a way to have pizza without having to futz around with making your own pizza dough and waiting for it to rise, etc. Yum!
What a good point! It is the easiest crust EVER as well. 🙂