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Pizza Spaghetti Casserole-Southern Living Quick Start Homemade

Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Servings 6 servings
Author cindy

Ingredients

  • 12 oz uncooked spaghetti
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 1 lb package mild ground pork sausage
  • 2 oz sliced turkey pepperoni
  • 26 oz jar tomato-basil pasta sauce
  • 1/4 c grated Parmesan cheese
  • 8 oz packaged shredded Italian three-cheese blend

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  2. Cook spaghetti with salt according to package directions
  3. Drain well and place in a lighlty greased 13x9 baking dish
  4. Brown sausage in a large skillet over medium-high heat. stirring occasionally, 5 minutes or until meat crumbles and is no longer pink
  5. Drain and set aside in a bowl
  6. Wipe skillet clean
  7. Add pepperoni to the skillet and cook over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, 4 minutes until slightly crisp
  8. (Place pepperoni on a paper towel lined plate to soak up any grease)
  9. Top spaghetti in baking dish with sausage
  10. Pour sauce over sausage
  11. Arrange half of pepperoni slices evenly over pasta sauce.
  12. Sprinkle evenly with cheeses
  13. Arrange remaining half of pepperoni slices evenly over cheese.
  14. Cover with nonstick or lightly greased aluminum foil
  15. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes
  16. Remove foil
  17. Bake 10 more minutes or until cheese is melted and just begins to brown

Recipe Notes

1. I used regular pepperoni instead of turkey pepperoni
2. I felt the casserole was a bit dry for my taste so I heated up some additional sauce and pored it over the top of my serving. Others like it just the way it was.