Pizza Pie!

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 lb ground beef
• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 1/2 cup chopped green pepper
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1/2 teaspoon fennel seed
• 1 (4 ounce) can sliced mushrooms, drained
• 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1/8-1/4 teaspoon sugar, to taste
• 1 (9 inch) unbaked pie shells
• 10 -12 slices pepperoni (optional)
• 6 ounces sliced mozzarella cheese
• 1/2 cup ground parmesan cheese

Recipe

• 1 cook ground beef, onion, green pepper, garlic and fennel til done. drain grease.
• 2 stir in rest of ingredients except cheeses.
• 3 pour beef mixture into unbaked pie shell. top with pepperoni slices if desired.
• 4 bake in 400º oven for 15 minutes.
• 5 top evenly with mozzarella slices.
• 6 sprinkle top evenly with parmesan cheese.
• 7 bake 10 minutes longer or til crust is nicely browned and cheese is melted.
• 8 let stand 10 minutes before serving.
• 9 6-8 servings.
• 10 *you can sub sausage for part or all of the hamburger if you wish.
• 11 **you can precook pepperoni in the microwave first, too, to release some of the grease before topping pizza. do this on paper towels.