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Italian Meatball Pie

Italian Meatball Pie
The ultimate comfort food - hot meatball sub, dripping with rich, savory tomato sauce and lots of melted cheese - baked into a tender bread crust pie. Can food possibly get any better than this?
 
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(Note: This recipe makes a large enough pie to feed 8 people.)

Dough:
 - 1 tbsp. (1 pkg.) active dry yeast
 - 1/3 c. warm water (105-115 degrees F)(see note in step 2)
 - 1 1/3 c. warm water
 - 2 tbsp. sugar
 - 1/2 tbsp. salt
 - 1 1/2 tbsp. shortening
 - 4 to 5 cups all-purpose flour

Filling:
 - 1 1/2 lb. ground beef
 - 1/2 c. fresh bread crumbs(see note in step 3)
 - 1/2 c. grated parmesan cheese
 - 1 egg
 - 1 1/2 tsp. dried oregano
 - salt and pepper
 - 2 c. (500ml) store-bought or homemade tomato sauce
 - 2 c. grated mozzarella cheese
 - 3 tbsp. butter
 - 3 cloves garlic, minced


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13 comments
Apr 16, 2012. 5:50 PMlauray0ung says:
I made this for my family last night and they absolutely love it! The part about "serves 8 people" is no joke. I cut it into 4 pieces and no one was able to finish more than half. Adding this into our weekend meal rotation - it was a lot easier than it seems.

On a side note - the dough came out perfect and would be excellent for making 2 large homemade pizzas or 2 medium deep dish pizzas. Thank you for posting this recipe - it was awesome! :)
Feb 19, 2012. 6:52 PMbajablue says:
I would SO eat this!!! ;-P~~~
Mar 29, 2011. 6:19 AMDELETED_jorgegunn says:
Ok So i cant eat wheat but i would definatly endure the pain for a bite of this it looks overwhelmingly good. I'm not a big pasta or italian fan so when we went to an italian restruant i would allways eat just plain metballs with cheese. Or meatball pizza. yumm yumm
Mar 21, 2011. 12:46 PMdavon says:
This isn't an Italian recipe...
Mar 18, 2011. 2:05 PMbigmama1079 says:
This looks absolutely amazing. Kudos
Mar 17, 2011. 9:36 PMthecheatscalc says:
I think I'm going to make this... that looks fantastic, and it fits with my breadmaking!
Mar 18, 2011. 12:25 PMpest003s says:
WOW!
Mar 17, 2011. 8:33 PMl8nite says:
what an AMAZING idea ! I need to remember this one !
Mar 17, 2011. 4:46 PMjunits15 says:
.....D.R.O.O.L!!!! since I was brought up Italian i can appreciate this :)
Mar 17, 2011. 5:03 PMTheRealZeeboo says:
Not being Italian, let alone brought up Italian, I can appreciate this!

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