Spaghetti Cups Food

SPAGHETTI CUPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Roll out pie dough rounds to an even thinness.
• Using a 3 inch wide bowl or cup, press 12 round circles of dough. You may need to roll out remaining dough to make more circles.
• Lightly brush each side of the dough rounds with olive oil and sprinkle lightly with garlic salt.
• Press gently into the bottom and sides of 12 muffin tins, that have been sprayed with cooking spray.
• Bake for 18-20 minutes or until golden brown and crisp. Remove from oven and let cool on cooling rack.
• Place 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil into a large skillet over medium heat to saute. When hot, sauté onion and bell pepper until slightly softened, about 3-5 minutes.
• Stir in beef, salt, pepper and garlic salt. Cook until browned and crumbled.
• Stir in pasta sauce and reduce heat to low to simmer.
• Cook pasta according to package directions. Drain and set aside.
• To assemble, using tongs, place a small amount of noodles into the bottom of the crusts.
• Top with a heaping spoonful of pasta sauce.
• Top with fresh grated Parmesan cheese and basil leaves, if desired.
• Makes 12 spaghetti cups, you'll have more spaghetti left over.

SPAGHETTI & MEATBALL CUPS

Steps:

• To make the pesto:.
• Combine basil leaves, pine nuts, garlic, 1/3 cup parmesan cheese, olive oil and a pinch salt in a food processor. Puree until almost smooth.
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Lightly spray a 12-cup muffin tin with nonstick cooking spray.
• To make meatballs:.
• In a large bowl, mix to combine breadcrumbs and milk. Add the ground beef, parsley, Italian seasoning, grated parmesan cheese, egg, salt and pepper. Divide into 12 equal balls. Flatten into patties and place a mozzarella cube in the center, then close the meat around to make a ball.
• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium. Working in batches if necessary, brown the meatballs, about 2 minutes per side. Remove from skillet and seat aside on a plate.
• To make spaghetti cups, combine cooked spaghetti with 1/2 cup pesto, 2 beaten eggs, 1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese and 1 cup grated mozzarella. Divide spaghetti into prepared muffin tin and make a well in the center of each.
• Place a meatball in the center of each spaghetti nest. Top with 2 teaspoons of grated mozzarella cheese. Bake for 15 minutes until the meatballs are cooked through.

EASY SPAGHETTI

Steps:

• In a nonstick skillet, cook beef and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Stir in the spaghetti sauce, water and spaghetti; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 20 minutes or until spaghetti is tender. Add process cheese; stir until melted. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.