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Happy 2013! I hope everyone had a nice holiday. We certainly did, with our boys all home and lots of cooking and friends over and a few too many bottles of Prosecco opened. I know a lot of food sites will be giving their readers recipes for juice cleanses and salads and lighter dishes for the new year, but not me! I'm giving you Pasta Pie.
This is a real comfort dish - this pie has a meat crust and is filled with pasta, cheese and tomato sauce. The meat mixture is basically just the same recipe that you would use if you were making meatballs, but you press it into a deep pie pan. The whole thing bakes up in the oven and comes out nice and crispy on top. You cut it into wedges and serve it with a dollop of extra marinara sauce. It's great on a cold winter's night.