Spaghetti & Meatball Pizza
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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!
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.
Assemble the pizza and make sure sauce is covering the meatballs so they don’t dry out.
It’s almost done, but the crust needs to be a bit crispier.
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.
See it’s a bit messy, but worth it.
- 1 18oz. pizza dough
- 2 cups cooked spaghetti
- 1/2 cup tomato sauce + 2 T sauce
- 1 cup grated Mozzarella Cheese
- 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
- In medium bowl, place ground beef, egg, oregano, garlic, milk and cheese.
- Wet the slice of bread with a little water and squeeze excess water out.
- Place wet bread in bowl along with other ingredients and mix until thoroughly combined.
- 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.
- Roll 2 tablespoon size meatballs and cook them in a skillet on medium until cooked through.
- Spread out pizza dough onto pizza pan with corn meal sprinkled on it, so the dough doesn't stick.
- Place 1/4 cup tomato sauce on top and spread evenly.
- Spread Mozzarella cheese on top of sauce.
- 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.
- Cut 6 meatballs in half and place them onto pizza.
- Brush tops of meatballs with the remaining tomato sauce.
- Bake pizza in 450 degree oven for 10 minutes.
- Slide pizza off pizza pan and bake directly on oven rack for 2-3 more minutes for bottom of pizza to crisp.

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.
And if you like dessert… this chocolate spaghetti is just PERFECT!
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Kelly Senyei | Just a Taste says
This pizza looks absolutely incredible! Pizza and pasta in the same dish? Yes, please!
Maggie Wallace says
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!
Deanna Peoples says
cherry pie . for some reason it always boils over…yummy though. That’s a yummy pizza I bet the kid will love it.
Michelle says
Butterscotch pecan ring-I make them with my mom every Christmas, and 2 out of 3 times the caramel topping spills over on me,
Kristen says
Peach cobbler did my oven in for good last year, LOL
Lisa Waelde says
Cooking a prime rib always seems to make a major mess out of my oven.
Lisa Waelde says
I tweeted it! https://twitter.com/lwaelde/status/337242200104640512
Amanda says
OMG this is genius Diane!! Love it!! I bet it is amazing!! Have to make this ASAP 🙂 Miss you girl!! xoxo
alison @ Ingredients, Inc. says
love this one!
Lisa Brown says
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.
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Amy L says
I love roast chicken, but it always splatters grease all over the inside of the oven.
Amy L says
tweet
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jane says
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!
Nutmeg Nanny says
This is brilliant! My husband would love this 🙂
suburbancorrespondent says
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.
Natasha of NatashasKitchen.com says
Definitely lasagna. I can never stop myself from filling it to the brim and then it just bubbles out. Oh yum!
Vadim K says
It will be lasagna 🙂
Vadim K says
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Rachel DeHart says
pizza
sandra says
cherry pie
Diane says
I think pizza or lasagna or baking bacon… my oven is always a mess! Love this idea for pizza topping!
Julie N says
Baked potatoes explode…but sweet potatoes drip juice that caramelizes and then burns. Worth it, though!
Shari says
That pizza looks interesting. Lasagna usually bubbles over, I think I need a bigger pan.
Martha Ann says
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.
Tamar says
When I make my pumpkin bread, even if I skimp on the ingredients, it always explodes or overflows in the oven! Stinky, stinky oven.
Katie K says
My grandma’s apple pie recipe is delicious, but messy whenever I make it!
Adrienne Gordon says
Big old pile of nachos.
dan williams says
chicken pot pies, twitted this today, 04/06
melissa Resnick says
my bbq pulled pork
Stephanie V. says
oooh – so many but my grandmother’s capirotada and enchiladas! yummy!
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Kim H says
No matter how hard I try, Lasagna gets everywhere
dan williams says
chicken pot pies, twitted this today, 05/06
Tracy L Davis says
Pizza
Anastasia says
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 🙂
Anastasia says
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One Frugal Girl says
Chicken pot pies always seem to eek out and make a mess in my oven.
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Sonja Foust says
It’s hard to beat a good old gooey apple pie, piled so high it HAS to overflow in the oven. 😉
dan williams says
chicken pot pies, twitted this today, 06/06
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Margot C says
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.
Margot C says
and a tweet https://twitter.com/AnnaZed/status/343908657060249602
Stephanie Larison says
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.
Wanda McHenry says
My overloaded Lasagna always leaves my oven a mess!
Richard Hicks says
caramel apple pie is always messy to make BRICH22 AT EARTHLINK DOT NET
Richard Hicks says
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dan williams says
chicken pot pies, twitted this today, 10/06
latanya says
cherry pie
latanya says
https://twitter.com/sweetums82/status/344443421462761472
Jacob LaFountaine says
Berry pies always bubbling and popping
Patricia Pinkston says
It’s hard to beat a good old gooey apple pie, they always overflow in the oven.
Diane says
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dan williams says
chicken pot pies, twitted this today, 18/06
Rosanne says
Baked Ziti
Lorena Keech says
Scalloped potatoes and ham
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chicken pot pies, twitted this today, 30/06
ashley says
caramel apple pie
dan williams says
chicken pot pies, twitted this today, 02/07
Amy Tong says
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.
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dan williams says
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Julie Schwab says
My meatloaf leaves a mess!
Rebecca Graham says
I make a garlic bread pizza that made a big mess in my oven.
dan williams says
chicken pot pies, twitted this today, 07/07
Rebecca NorthernPayne says
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.
dan williams says
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Sonya Morris says
Oh my gosh! Two of my favorite foods combined together…GENIUS!
My recipe that never fails to leave a mess is lasagna.
Sonya Morris says
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Natalie S says
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!
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tina reynolds says
my husbands homemade loaded pasta dish always leaves the stove an unreal mess. Thanks for the chance to win.
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Pauline M says
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!
Janice Cooper says
My homemade vegetarian lasagna
Janice Cooper says
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Erica C. says
That looks really good! Scalloped potatoes are my messiest.
Rachel E says
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!
Rachel E says
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dan williams says
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Mihaela D. says
it’s Lasagna 🙂
Gianna says
Lasagna Bolognese.
Veronica Garrett says
Macaroni and cheese keaves a big mess,
Kat Emerick says
Definitely when I make cherry or apple pies! What a mess!
susan smoaks says
i like to make a breakfast casserole in our oven and it is super messy
kathy pease says
Baked ziti usually splatters sauce everywhere in my oven
kathy pease says
https://twitter.com/klp1965/status/356818010603913216
Kathlyne says
Cherry pie always seems to bubble over and make a mess, but I’m going to make it this week anyway.
Gary Ford, Jr. says
Zucchini Lasagna is my favorite recipe to mess my oven up.
dan williams says
chicken pot pies, twitted this today, 15/07
Deanna Shepheard says
Apple pie makes a mess like no other mess in my oven when it bubbles over.
Karen says
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.