Pasta Pizza With Minced Meat, Mushrooms, Spinach and Tomatoes

If you guessed that I am an avid fan of Italian food,you guessed right! Yes, I have a weakness for pasta and pizza.A girl can't live on pudding and desserts alone just because she love them, you know. For today's lunch,I decided to combine both  Pasta and Pizza and make a "Pasta Pizza".Do you remember how I made my version of Tuscan Pot Pie with Macaroni and Cheese?Did you not love the Pasta and Milk Pudding dessert recipe I posted a while ago? Pasta, this way is more fun. Well, the concept of "Pasta Pizza" is not new and certainly not mine but this is how I do it and have been for quite sometime.Go ahead and try my version of this winning dish and you are bound to fall in love with it.
This along with "Baked Turkey N Broccoli-Rabe Meatballs With Linguine", "Sauteed Seasoned Asparagus With Chopped Rigatoni" and "Cocoa N Saffron Vermicelli Pudding" goes as entries to Five Star Foodie's Pasta Themed Event.

Also this goes to this week's Presto Pasta Nights hosted at Once Upon a Feast.

 

Ingredients:
For the Crust:

• Rotini or Raddiatore (Corkscrew) Pasta - 1 cup
• Milk - 2 tbsp
• Parmesan cheese -2 tbsp
• Egg - 1, whisked

For the Topping:

• Ground Meat(Pork/Turkey) - 3/4 cup
• Spinach - 1 cup, packed
• Mushrooms - 3 #s, small, sliced
• Campari Tomato - 1, halved and quartered
• Garlic - 2 cloves, minced
• Onion - 1, small, chopped
• Cracked Pepper - a few grinds
• Salt for taste
• Tabasco Sauce -  a dash
• Bertolli's Tomato, Garlic and Basil Sauce - 1/2 cup
• Olive Oil - 2 tbsp
• Shredded Mozzarella cheese - 1/2 cup or more

Tool:

• 8 or 9 inch All-clad skillet pan

Procedure:

• Cook the pasta according to package directions.Drain it completely of water.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a bowl, mix the cooked pasta, egg and parmesan cheese.
• Add it to the pan and bake for 10 minutes.Remove from the oven.

 

• In another deep skillet, heat olive oil, add garlic, onions, minced meat and saute till the meat is browned for about 5-7 minutes.
• Add salt, pepper, tabasco Sauce, Bertolli Sauce and mix to incorporate.Cook for 5 more minutes.
• Stir in the spinach and switch off stove.
• Top the Pasta-crust with the meat and tightly pack it.

 

• Layer the top with Mushrooms and Tomato and sprinkle with Mozzarella cheese.

 

• Bake for 10 minutes or until the cheese melts. Cool for 5 minutes and cut them into 6 wedges. 
• Serve the wedge with some salad on the side.

Makes 3 Servings

Enjoy!