Deep Dish Italian Meat Pie

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 1 lb lean ground beef or 1 lb italian sausage
• 1/2 cup green pepper, chopped
• 2 teaspoons cornstarch
• 3/4 cup water
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can italian-style crushed tomatoes, hunts italian flavored
• 1 piece garlic, chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon basil
• 1/4 cup dehydrated onion, chopped
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/3 cup parmesan cheese, grated and divided in half
• 1 -1 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese, grated and divided in half
• 1 deep dish pie shell

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350ºf.
• 2 brown beef in large skillet.
• 3 drain, add green pepper and cook 2 minutes.
• 4 dissolve cornstarch in water and add to skillet along with tomatoes and all seasonings.
• 5 cover and simmer 10 minutes.
• 6 sprinkle half of parmesan cheese over bottom of pie crust.
• 7 cover with half of meat mixture, then half of mozzarella, followed by the remaining meat mixture.
• 8 bake pie on cookie sheet 15 minutes.
• 9 sprinkle with remaining mozzarella cheese and return to oven 5 more minutes or until cheese melts.