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May 22, 2013

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Spaghetti & Meatball Pizza

Spaghetti & Meatball Pizza @createdbydiane

 

 

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I’m sure it’s you have visited my blog before it’s no shock to you that I love pizza.

If this is your first time here… Welcome! You should know that I love pizza and I’m not afraid to top it off with some unusual items.

Really spaghetti and meatballs is not unusual, but you may not see it on top of pizza every day.

I just love it and its fun if you happen to have leftover spaghetti and meatballs you can easily turn it into a new fun meal with just a little effort.

I love that there are many stores local to me that sell fresh pizza dough. You can certainly make your own if that is more convenient.

With the pizza dough handled, now onto the spaghetti and meatballs. This is where I think it’s ok to save time on some things and not on others. Tomato sauce, well I like making my own, but have found recently that the canned tomatoes aren’t as always to my liking. The brand of tomatoes I used for years isn’t available where I am now, so I use a jar sauce, Barilla to be specific. Use the sauce of your choice. But trust me on this meatball; there is no substitute in my opinion on meatballs.  They are worth the time making. I use an easy recipe and it doesn’t take very long. Actually start to finish on this pizza was about 45 minutes. I boiled the spaghetti, made the meatballs and cooked them, assembled the pizza and baked it. If you have leftover spaghetti and meatballs then really it’ll be about 15 minutes. I just love that!

So as I said I’m not afraid of pizza that is…

but I do get a little concerned about the pizza baking part. I tend to make a real mess!

No lie, it all has to do with the fact that I like the bottom of my pizza crust crisp.

So I slide the pizza off the pan I’m baking it on and inevitably the corn meal gets ALL OVER my oven. Really you’d think it snowed cornmeal in there. I have tried and tried, but yep, I’m a mess with corn meal. I sometimes vacuum it out of the oven when it’s cool, or I try to wipe it off but usually hope and pray the oven fairy will come and help me clean it up.

For all you lucky people who have a double oven, I’m jealous. I would just LOVE that. Just think of all the cooking and baking I could accomplish with TWO ovens!

 

cornmeal for pizza By placing a thin layer of cornmeal on the pizza baking pan, the pizza slides off easily when the pizza is almost finished cooking to crisp up the bottom. spaghetti and meatball pizza Assemble the pizza and make sure sauce is covering the meatballs so they don’t dry out. spaghetti and meatball pizza 1 It’s almost done, but the crust needs to be a bit crispier. pizza This is where I slide it off and well, make a mess. I often clean it up by vacuuming up the corn meal. Really I vacuum my oven. cornmeal in oven See it’s a bit messy, but worth it.


Spaghetti & Meatball Pizza
 
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Ingredients
  • 1 18oz. pizza dough
  • 2 cups cooked spaghetti
  • 1/2 cup tomato sauce + 2 T sauce
  • 1 cup grated Mozzarella Cheese
meatball recipe ( enough meatballs for 2 pizzas)
  • 1 lb. ground beef
  • 1 egg
  • 1/4 teaspoon oregano
  • 1/4 teaspoon garlic
  • 1 tablespoon milk
  • 2 tablespoon grated Romano Cheese
  • 1 slice bread
Instructions
  1. In medium bowl, place ground beef, egg, oregano, garlic, milk and cheese.
  2. Wet the slice of bread with a little water and squeeze excess water out.
  3. Place wet bread in bowl along with other ingredients and mix until thoroughly combined.
  4. Putting on food service gloves to do the mixing helps, especially when the phone rings and well, that seems to happen as soon and I get my hands on the food.
  5. Roll 2 tablespoon size meatballs and cook them in a skillet on medium until cooked through.
  6. Spread out pizza dough onto pizza pan with corn meal sprinkled on it, so the dough doesn't stick.
  7. Place 1/4 cup tomato sauce on top and spread evenly.
  8. Spread Mozzarella cheese on top of sauce.
  9. Mix the spaghetti with 1/4 cup sauce and add that to the top of the pizza. I use a fork to divide the spaghetti evenly around the pizza.
  10. Cut 6 meatballs in half and place them onto pizza.
  11. Brush tops of meatballs with the remaining tomato sauce.
  12. Bake pizza in 450 degree oven for 10 minutes.
  13. Slide pizza off pizza pan and bake directly on oven rack for 2-3 more minutes for bottom of pizza to crisp.
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UPDATE: I have found that pizza screens are really great for baking pizza with no cornmeal and you get a crisp bottom of the pizza.

I’ve been using pizza screens the last year or so and love the results.

 

Other posts to check out:

PASTA: I have lots of pasta recipes I think you should try. Click here to see them.

COOKIES: If you are looking for something sweet, take a look here for some cookie recipes.

Chocolate Spaghetti Recipe from @createdbydiane

And if you like dessert… this chocolate spaghetti is just PERFECT!

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Comments

  1. Kelly Senyei | Just a Taste says

    May 22, 2013 at 8:03 am

    This pizza looks absolutely incredible! Pizza and pasta in the same dish? Yes, please!

    Reply
  2. Maggie Wallace says

    May 22, 2013 at 8:22 am

    Looks so good! Must try it! Hmmm a dish that leaves my oven messy I think would have to be when lasagna spills over or bbq chicken leaks through the bottom pan!

    Reply
  3. Deanna Peoples says

    May 22, 2013 at 8:25 am

    cherry pie . for some reason it always boils over…yummy though. That’s a yummy pizza I bet the kid will love it.

    Reply
  4. Michelle says

    May 22, 2013 at 9:12 am

    Butterscotch pecan ring-I make them with my mom every Christmas, and 2 out of 3 times the caramel topping spills over on me,

    Reply
  5. Kristen says

    May 22, 2013 at 9:22 am

    Peach cobbler did my oven in for good last year, LOL

    Reply
  6. Lisa Waelde says

    May 22, 2013 at 9:25 am

    Cooking a prime rib always seems to make a major mess out of my oven.

    Reply
  7. Lisa Waelde says

    May 22, 2013 at 9:26 am

    I tweeted it! https://twitter.com/lwaelde/status/337242200104640512

    Reply
  8. Amanda says

    May 22, 2013 at 9:44 am

    OMG this is genius Diane!! Love it!! I bet it is amazing!! Have to make this ASAP 🙂 Miss you girl!! xoxo

    Reply
  9. alison @ Ingredients, Inc. says

    May 22, 2013 at 6:27 pm

    love this one!

    Reply
  10. Lisa Brown says

    May 25, 2013 at 10:28 am

    It never fails that my berry or peach cobblers always overflow and drip down the sides of the baking dish, making
    the worst sticky messes in my oven.
    jslbrown_03 at yahoo dot com

    Reply
  11. Lisa Brown says

    May 25, 2013 at 10:29 am

    tweet – https://twitter.com/LuLu_Brown24/status/338346024525516800
    jslbrown_03 at yahoo dot com

    Reply
  12. Amy L says

    May 25, 2013 at 4:38 pm

    I love roast chicken, but it always splatters grease all over the inside of the oven.

    Reply
  13. Amy L says

    May 25, 2013 at 4:38 pm

    tweet
    https://twitter.com/amylou61/status/338438582081576961

    Reply
  14. jane says

    May 25, 2013 at 6:35 pm

    anytime i make a baked pasta, it always seems to bubble over! i forget to clean it until i’m reheating the oven the next day and the smell is AWFUL!

    Reply
  15. Nutmeg Nanny says

    May 26, 2013 at 7:28 pm

    This is brilliant! My husband would love this 🙂

    Reply
  16. suburbancorrespondent says

    May 28, 2013 at 4:56 pm

    With the kids helping to cook, it seems ALL my recipes leave the oven messy. But the exploding-baked-potato incident stands out in my mind, I must admit.

    Reply
  17. Natasha of NatashasKitchen.com says

    May 28, 2013 at 7:33 pm

    Definitely lasagna. I can never stop myself from filling it to the brim and then it just bubbles out. Oh yum!

    Reply
  18. Vadim K says

    May 28, 2013 at 7:45 pm

    It will be lasagna 🙂

    Reply
  19. Vadim K says

    May 28, 2013 at 7:49 pm

    https://twitter.com/kravcvad/status/339573894295982081

    Reply
  20. Rachel DeHart says

    May 29, 2013 at 7:42 am

    pizza

    Reply
  21. sandra says

    May 29, 2013 at 8:57 am

    cherry pie

    Reply
  22. Diane says

    May 30, 2013 at 11:01 am

    I think pizza or lasagna or baking bacon… my oven is always a mess! Love this idea for pizza topping!

    Reply
  23. Julie N says

    May 30, 2013 at 11:25 am

    Baked potatoes explode…but sweet potatoes drip juice that caramelizes and then burns. Worth it, though!

    Reply
  24. Shari says

    May 30, 2013 at 12:58 pm

    That pizza looks interesting. Lasagna usually bubbles over, I think I need a bigger pan.

    Reply
  25. Martha Ann says

    May 30, 2013 at 4:33 pm

    I tend to overfill my cake pans so I can level them to get a perfect two inch layer, but sometimes they run over into the oven.

    Reply
  26. Tamar says

    June 4, 2013 at 8:24 am

    When I make my pumpkin bread, even if I skimp on the ingredients, it always explodes or overflows in the oven! Stinky, stinky oven.

    Reply
  27. Katie K says

    June 4, 2013 at 10:59 am

    My grandma’s apple pie recipe is delicious, but messy whenever I make it!

    Reply
  28. Adrienne Gordon says

    June 4, 2013 at 12:10 pm

    Big old pile of nachos.

    Reply
  29. dan williams says

    June 4, 2013 at 3:10 pm

    chicken pot pies, twitted this today, 04/06

    Reply
  30. melissa Resnick says

    June 4, 2013 at 3:23 pm

    my bbq pulled pork

    Reply
  31. Stephanie V. says

    June 4, 2013 at 6:39 pm

    oooh – so many but my grandmother’s capirotada and enchiladas! yummy!
    tvollowitz at aol dot com

    Reply
  32. Kim H says

    June 5, 2013 at 8:54 am

    No matter how hard I try, Lasagna gets everywhere

    Reply
  33. dan williams says

    June 5, 2013 at 9:32 am

    chicken pot pies, twitted this today, 05/06

    Reply
  34. Tracy L Davis says

    June 5, 2013 at 7:54 pm

    Pizza

    Reply
  35. Anastasia says

    June 6, 2013 at 12:43 am

    The recipe that leaves my oven messy is my enchiladas! I stuff the baking dishes full and use lots of cheese and sauce which, even if I cover them, tends to bubble and slosh over the edge when I pull them out 🙂

    Reply
  36. Anastasia says

    June 6, 2013 at 12:44 am

    Tweeted – https://twitter.com/Enter_Now/status/342547435270307840

    Reply
  37. One Frugal Girl says

    June 6, 2013 at 5:54 am

    Chicken pot pies always seem to eek out and make a mess in my oven.
    onefrugalgirl AT gmail DOT com

    Reply
  38. One Frugal Girl says

    June 6, 2013 at 5:56 am

    https://twitter.com/OneFrugalGirl/status/342622813238206464
    onefrugalgirl AT gmail DOT com

    Reply
  39. Sonja Foust says

    June 6, 2013 at 7:12 am

    It’s hard to beat a good old gooey apple pie, piled so high it HAS to overflow in the oven. 😉

    Reply
  40. dan williams says

    June 6, 2013 at 9:47 am

    chicken pot pies, twitted this today, 06/06

    Reply
  41. dan williams says

    June 8, 2013 at 5:39 pm

    twitted this today, 08/06

    Reply
  42. Margot C says

    June 9, 2013 at 7:02 pm

    That pizza looks like a kid’s dream come true! Same here at our house. It’s the bubbling tomato sauce and (oh yeah) the ‘Italian Teflon’ better known as corn meal – ever hear that? That makes a pizza coking a big mess.

    Reply
  43. Margot C says

    June 9, 2013 at 7:04 pm

    and a tweet https://twitter.com/AnnaZed/status/343908657060249602

    Reply
  44. Stephanie Larison says

    June 9, 2013 at 7:17 pm

    Cheese enchiladas, my family loves them but the cheese and sauce splatters all over the oven making a big mess for me to clean up.

    Reply
  45. Wanda McHenry says

    June 9, 2013 at 10:37 pm

    My overloaded Lasagna always leaves my oven a mess!

    Reply
  46. Richard Hicks says

    June 10, 2013 at 4:49 am

    caramel apple pie is always messy to make BRICH22 AT EARTHLINK DOT NET

    Reply
  47. Richard Hicks says

    June 10, 2013 at 4:56 am

    https://twitter.com/rrich2222/status/344060337022181377

    Reply
  48. dan williams says

    June 10, 2013 at 4:02 pm

    chicken pot pies, twitted this today, 10/06

    Reply
  49. latanya says

    June 11, 2013 at 6:17 am

    cherry pie

    Reply
  50. latanya says

    June 11, 2013 at 6:18 am

    https://twitter.com/sweetums82/status/344443421462761472

    Reply
  51. Jacob LaFountaine says

    June 11, 2013 at 7:30 pm

    Berry pies always bubbling and popping

    Reply
  52. Patricia Pinkston says

    June 11, 2013 at 10:56 pm

    It’s hard to beat a good old gooey apple pie, they always overflow in the oven.

    Reply
  53. Diane says

    June 12, 2013 at 1:13 pm

    You may have 2 total entries for this giveaway. The company did not offer to receive an entry for a tweet a day.

    Reply
  54. dan williams says

    June 18, 2013 at 4:05 pm

    chicken pot pies, twitted this today, 18/06

    Reply
  55. Rosanne says

    June 19, 2013 at 6:10 pm

    Baked Ziti

    Reply
  56. Lorena Keech says

    June 23, 2013 at 3:56 pm

    Scalloped potatoes and ham

    Reply
  57. dan williams says

    June 30, 2013 at 3:54 pm

    chicken pot pies, twitted this today, 30/06

    Reply
  58. ashley says

    July 1, 2013 at 8:05 pm

    caramel apple pie

    Reply
  59. dan williams says

    July 2, 2013 at 5:11 pm

    chicken pot pies, twitted this today, 02/07

    Reply
  60. Amy Tong says

    July 4, 2013 at 1:21 am

    My strawberry crumble is always leaving the oven a mess…but so delicious. This pasta pizza looks super delicious too. I definitely need this LG oven for some easy cleaning help.

    amy [at] utry [dot] it

    Reply
  61. Amy Tong says

    July 4, 2013 at 1:22 am

    tweeted:
    https://twitter.com/uTry_it/status/352703846696497152

    amy [at] utry [dot] it

    Reply
  62. dan williams says

    July 5, 2013 at 7:04 pm

    chicken pot pies, twitted this today, 05/07

    Reply
  63. dan williams says

    July 6, 2013 at 4:31 pm

    chicken pot pies, twitted this today, 06/07

    Reply
  64. Julie Schwab says

    July 6, 2013 at 11:21 pm

    My meatloaf leaves a mess!

    Reply
  65. Rebecca Graham says

    July 6, 2013 at 11:45 pm

    I make a garlic bread pizza that made a big mess in my oven.

    Reply
  66. dan williams says

    July 7, 2013 at 5:52 pm

    chicken pot pies, twitted this today, 07/07

    Reply
  67. Rebecca NorthernPayne says

    July 8, 2013 at 7:37 am

    My husband and I cook and bake so much that I can’t see in the window anymore. For him, it’s bacon that leaves a mess, and for me, it’s when I do apple pie.

    Diane – How about you add another rack right below the one you put the pizza on, and right before you put the pizza on it’s rack above, put parchment paper on the lower one so that it covers the rack and trails out on your oven door. It can catch the cornmeal, and you just pull it out before you close the door. Dump it off and roll it back up to use the next time. It’s an extra step for you, but I’d rather do it than do the clean up.

    Reply
  68. dan williams says

    July 8, 2013 at 6:19 pm

    chicken pot pies, twitted this today, 08/07

    Reply
  69. dan williams says

    July 9, 2013 at 6:09 pm

    chicken pot pies, twitted this today, 09/07

    Reply
  70. dan williams says

    July 10, 2013 at 5:38 pm

    chicken pot pies, twitted this today, 10/07

    Reply
  71. Sonya Morris says

    July 10, 2013 at 6:34 pm

    Oh my gosh! Two of my favorite foods combined together…GENIUS!

    My recipe that never fails to leave a mess is lasagna.

    Reply
  72. Sonya Morris says

    July 10, 2013 at 6:35 pm

    Link to tweet:
    https://twitter.com/catholicfanatic/status/355137070152429568

    Reply
  73. Natalie S says

    July 11, 2013 at 5:55 pm

    Pretty neat recipe! Our fave recipe that always bubbles over in the oven is chicken pot pie! Thanks for the chance at this amazing giveaway!

    Reply
  74. dan williams says

    July 11, 2013 at 7:29 pm

    chicken pot pies, twitted this today, 11/07

    Reply
  75. dan williams says

    July 12, 2013 at 6:32 pm

    chicken pot pies, twitted this today, 12/07

    Reply
  76. dan williams says

    July 13, 2013 at 5:53 pm

    chicken pot pies, twitted this today, 13/07

    Reply
  77. tina reynolds says

    July 13, 2013 at 6:50 pm

    my husbands homemade loaded pasta dish always leaves the stove an unreal mess. Thanks for the chance to win.

    Reply
  78. tina reynolds says

    July 13, 2013 at 6:51 pm

    https://twitter.com/eaglesforjack/status/356229230704599041

    Reply
  79. Pauline M says

    July 14, 2013 at 12:06 pm

    Since I’m realtively new to the baking scene, I haven’t had much in the way of mishaps, but I can tell you that making ice cream cupcakes can get really messy when they tip over!

    Reply
  80. Janice Cooper says

    July 14, 2013 at 2:40 pm

    My homemade vegetarian lasagna

    Reply
  81. Janice Cooper says

    July 14, 2013 at 2:41 pm

    https://twitter.com/disneyfan40/status/356528826706169858

    Reply
  82. Erica C. says

    July 14, 2013 at 6:17 pm

    That looks really good! Scalloped potatoes are my messiest.

    Reply
  83. Rachel E says

    July 14, 2013 at 8:25 pm

    One of my favorites that leaves my oven messy is broiled hamburgers. Most people probably think i’m nuts but I think they are pretty tasty. Your spaghetti meatball pizza looks ahh-maz-ing! I have never thought to put spaghetti on pizza! Great idea!

    Reply
  84. Rachel E says

    July 14, 2013 at 8:41 pm

    tweet – https://twitter.com/mom2boys51/status/356619395512016896

    Reply
  85. dan williams says

    July 14, 2013 at 9:46 pm

    chicken pot pies, twitted this today, 14/07

    Reply
  86. Mihaela D. says

    July 14, 2013 at 11:10 pm

    it’s Lasagna 🙂

    Reply
  87. Gianna says

    July 14, 2013 at 11:16 pm

    Lasagna Bolognese.

    Reply
  88. Veronica Garrett says

    July 15, 2013 at 7:16 am

    Macaroni and cheese keaves a big mess,

    Reply
  89. Kat Emerick says

    July 15, 2013 at 8:01 am

    Definitely when I make cherry or apple pies! What a mess!

    Reply
  90. susan smoaks says

    July 15, 2013 at 8:17 am

    i like to make a breakfast casserole in our oven and it is super messy

    Reply
  91. kathy pease says

    July 15, 2013 at 9:49 am

    Baked ziti usually splatters sauce everywhere in my oven

    Reply
  92. kathy pease says

    July 15, 2013 at 9:50 am

    https://twitter.com/klp1965/status/356818010603913216

    Reply
  93. Kathlyne says

    July 15, 2013 at 10:56 am

    Cherry pie always seems to bubble over and make a mess, but I’m going to make it this week anyway.

    Reply
  94. Gary Ford, Jr. says

    July 15, 2013 at 12:58 pm

    Zucchini Lasagna is my favorite recipe to mess my oven up.

    Reply
  95. dan williams says

    July 15, 2013 at 6:45 pm

    chicken pot pies, twitted this today, 15/07

    Reply
  96. Deanna Shepheard says

    November 18, 2013 at 2:20 pm

    Apple pie makes a mess like no other mess in my oven when it bubbles over.

    Reply
  97. Karen says

    December 4, 2015 at 11:12 pm

    Everything looks great but I’d skip the cornmeal. Once it touches the dough, it ruins it if you are trying to get more of a NY style pie.

    Reply

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