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Meat Ball Pie Recipe

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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 40 minutes
Servings: 6 people
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

Meatballs Recipe (you can use pre-made frozen and skip this step)
  • 2 pounds 80/20 ground beef
  • 2 tespoons salt
  • 1 teaspoon pepper
  • 1 cup ricotta cheese
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup bread crumbs
  • 2 tablespoons fresh parsley chopped (or 1 teaspoon dry)
  • 2 tablspoons fresh oregano (or 1 teaspoon dry)
  • 10 basil leaves chopped (or 1 teaspoon dry)
  • 2 cloves garlic grated
  • 1/4 teapoon red pepper flakes
  • 1 jar favorite marinara sauce (save 1 cup)
Pie Ingredients:
  • 1 pizza dough ball (divided in two) or 2 cans of pizza dough
  • 8 slices provolone cheese
  • 1 cup marinara sauce
  • 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
  • 3 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 3 teaspoons Italian seasoning

Method
 

Meatballs Recipe (you can use pre-made frozen meatballs and skip this step)
  1. First, preheat the oven to 400 degrees. 
  2. Now mix ricotta cheese, parsley, oregano, basil, garlic, and red pepper flakes together.
  3. Next add meat to a bowl and add salt and pepper. Lightly mix. 
  4. Now add the ricotta herb mixture to the beef plus the eggs and bread crumbs. Mix to combine. 
  5. Form meatballs the size of golf balls and place on a sheet tray.
  6. Now cook the meatballs 20 minutes then take out and pour marinara on top and cook 15 minutes more. 
  7. Enjoy on its own or cool to make pie.
Pie Instructions:
  1. First, using a spring form pan (link for what this looks like is above recipe) place 1/2 pizza dough on bottom and up the sides. Drizzle a little olive oil, garlic powder, and Italian seasoning on the dough.
  2. Now, place in the oven for 10 minutes. This is to prevent soggy bottom.  
  3. Now take the pan out of the oven and layer the bottom and sides with provolone cheese. Next sprinkle more garlic powder and Italian seasoning on the cheese. 
  4. Then, add a layer of meatballs and pour sauce on top.
  5. Now add one more layer of provolone cheese on top of the meatballs.
  6. Top the pie with second 1/2 of pizza crust and seal edges (see video at top of page). 
  7. Now brush more olive oil on top and sprinkle garlic powder and Italian seasoning on the crust. Cut 3 small cuts on top of pie . 
  8. Now place it back in oven for 30 minutes. 
  9. Finally, enjoy this now or perfect reheat through out the week. 

Notes

Here is what a spring form pan looks like: Click Here
Frozen Meatballs I love: Click Here