Recipes

ITALIAN PASTA PIE
  • Ingredients
  • 1 half load of pasta dough made into
  • rotini OR macaroni
  • 1 cup bottled marinara OR spaghetti sauce
  • 2 cups mozzarella cheese, shredded
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • salt
  • 3/4 cup shortening or margarine
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 pound part-skim ricotta cheese
  • 1 (7-ounce) package refrigerated pesto sauce
  • freshly ground black pepper to taste
  • 1 tablespoon freshly grated Parmesan cheese
Directions
  1. Make rotini and cook until al dente
  2. Drain and return to pot
  3. Stir in marinara sauce and 1 cup shredded mozzarella and set aside
  4. Meanwhile, in large bowl, combine flour and 1/2 teaspoon salt
  5. With pastry blender, cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse crumbs
  6. With fork, stir in 4 to 5 tablespoons cold water just until mixture holds together
  7. Shape dough into a ball and set aside
  8. In cup, lightly beat egg and reserve 1 tablespoon beaten egg for brushing on crust later
  9. Place remaining egg in a medium bowl
  10. Stir in ricotta cheese, pesto sauce, and pepper
  11. On lightly floured surface, with floured rolling pin, roll two-thirds of dough into rectangle 2 inches larger all around than inverted 11 x 7-inch glass baking dish
  12. Gently ease dough into baking dish, allowing dough to hang over edge
  13. Sprinkle remaining 1 cup mozzarella cheese over bottom of dough in baking dish
  14. Top with half of pesto mixture, all of rotini mixture, then the remaining pesto mixture
  15. Preheat oven to 400?F
  16. Roll remaining dough into 12 x 8-inch rectangle and lift it onto top of pie
  17. Fold overhang under and pinch to form stand-up edge
  18. Flute with the tines of a fork
  19. Cut slits in top of crust to allow steam to escape during baking
  20. Brush top of pie with reserved egg and sprinkle with grated Parmesan cheese
  21. Bake pie 40 to 45 minutes until crust is golden brown and filling is hot.


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