spaghetti time, whose done it?

smokesniffer · May 2014

I have a pasta craving that needs to be dealt with. Thinking about sautéing onions and peppers with EVO, garlic and some Italian Seasoning and chill flakes in a DO, then adding maranara sauce, and let those all marry together on the large. Gotta have meatballs, so was thinking of doing meatballs in a cast iron pan on the small egg and then adding them to the sauce along with the noodles. Anybody done anything close. Open to all suggestions.

fishlessman · May 2014

ive smoked the cooked noodles in a colander, then put them in a sauce with the meatballs and rub and cheese and baked it,someone had a recipe years ago but it seems to have dissapeared off the forum. ive found i like the meatballs added directly to sauce raw instead of browned

johnkitchens · May 2014

I have never done it, but it sure does sound good.

My advice: Rock On and post pics!

BYS1981 · May 2014

I'm sorry, but spaghetti on an egg is outright silly. I love my egg, but I also have a functioning range, LOL

fishlessman · May 2014

thats all thats left, a pic

) im thinking that was dizzy coarse rub and i smoked the wet elbows then baked in the oven because i thought it would be smokey enough

smokesniffer · May 2014

Trying to figure out how to keep the noodles from slipping through the grill.

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Foghorn · May 2014

smokesniffer said:

Trying to figure out how to keep the noodles from slipping through the grill. )

Just put them a right angles to the grates - like asparagus - duh.

smokesniffer · May 2014

@fishlessman I was thinking of grilling the meatballs to get a crust on them and then finishing them off in the sauce.Your pic is getting me hungry.

smokesniffer · May 2014

Foghorn said:

smokesniffer said:

Trying to figure out how to keep the noodles from slipping through the grill. )

Just put them a right angles to the grates - like asparagus - duh.

I am such a bonehead, thanks that makes sense now.

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MrCookingNurse · May 2014

I've done lasagna cupcakes from a village idiott post. It was amazing

smokesniffer · May 2014

@MCN thanks I will try to find the post.

Cheers

Mattman3969 · May 2014

Did something similar with the meatballs yesterday but the sauce was in cooktop rather than the egg http://eggheadforum.com/discussion/1165314/turkey-meatballs-sauce-and-zucchini-pasta#latest

MrCookingNurse · May 2014

http://eggheadforum.com/discussion/1150128/ot-cupcake-lasagna/p1

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Little Steven · May 2014

I've roasted plum tomatoes, onions, celery, carrot, garlic on the egg and blended them into a sauce, then grilled meatballs and sausage and put them in the sauce in a dutch oven. It was very good but a lot of work. Think I would just use pommodori and canned tomatoes now and add some smoking wood for the sauce.

jfm0830 · May 2014

I will have to respectfully disagree with the comment about spaghetti on the Egg being silly. While it may sound silly, the proof is in the eating. I have done several different classic Italian recipes on the Egg and they have all been excellent. There are times where I've made sauce by smoking the tomatoes for a while, I have smoked lasagna and I have smoked meatballs. I have also grilled meatballs both directly on the grill grate and in a special meatball pan that has round perforated wells to hold the meatballs and help them brown while still letting in smoke from the grill. I have also made Chicken Parmesan where I grilled chicken on the Egg. Come to think of it, when I had my grill and smoker I used the two of them to make Chicken and Veal Arabatta.

In all cases these dishes were much better than the version I could've made indoors. One thing to watch out for is anything you're using with ground beef. Do keep the amount of smoke down because ground beef can absorb a lot of smoke quickly.

Jim

Ladeback69 · May 2014

I have been thinking of doing a lasagna on the egg. I would do little meatballs first then make the lasagna and cook it at 350 for an hour. Sounds good to me. What do you think?

Biggreenpharmacist · May 2014

Lasagna on the egg is top notch. I use the 99 cent loafpans and they are better than anything you can make in your oven.

smokesniffer · May 2014

@jfm0830 thanks for the reply, I want to give this a try tomorrow. Hope it turns out.

Also thanks for the link to your website, it looks interesting. I will be reading in there for sure. Do you happen to have a meatball recipe in there?

smokesniffer · May 2014

@LadeBack69 I think 350 would work. I want to try to make the sauce in a Dutch Oven.

BTW how you feelng?

smokesniffer · May 2014

@Biggreenpharmacist. I think that the taste would would amazing

Focker · May 2014

Instead of meatballs, you could pick up a nice lump flavor by slow simmering a ragu in a DO for 6-8 hours at 300 indirect or so. Remove from egg and immediately transfer to another dish/pan to incorporate pasta to finish.

jfm0830 · May 2014

You're most welcome. All but one of the recipes on my site were out of various cook books or magazine., So since they weren't made available online and aren't my own creation I really don't think it's right to share the links. On my website there is a credit to the cookbook or magazine they come from. I do recall that in the Sandwiches section I did make a Meatball Sub that does have a link to the recipe Williams-Sonoma website. These were pretty good as far as meatball subs go, but I'd be looking for something a little better to go in with some sauce and pasta. But the reality is you can use any good meatball recipe and just grill or smoke it on the Egg.

If you grill the meatballs, make sure your grill grate is cleaned and well oiled. Most meatballs are quite soft until you've browned them and if you brown them on the grill they will want to stick. So be extra attentive to oiling your grill grate. And like I said earlier, if you smoke them remember ground beef absords a ton of smoke. So go very light your first time and if it's not quite enough, do a little more the next time. But it is very easy to over smoke ground beef. Good luck.

caliking · May 2014

Great thread with lots of great ideas/recipes.

Here's my personal best:

http://eggheadforum.com/discussion/1154267/7-4-weekend-cook-1-spaghetti-in-meatballs-and-my-throwdown-entry

Biggreenpharmacist · May 2014

smokesniffer said:
@Biggreenpharmacist. I think that the taste would would amazing

That second pic was a buffalo chicken lasagna and it was awesome.

smokesniffer · May 2014

@calking. "Now thats what I am talking about" Wow, that is great, cool idea with the muffin tin. ^:)^

Focker · May 2014

Molrico's lasagna was a huge hit at Frozen Fest 2013. A bucket list recipe fo sho.

http://www.greeneggers.com/index.php?option=com_simpleboard&func=view&id=1304753&catid=1

Biggreenpharmacist · May 2014

Hmmmmm, got me wondering about pulled pork lasagna. I happen to have a bunch left from the weekend. I'll have to study on that........

smokesniffer · May 2014

Loving the responses on this thread. Keep em coming people.

Biggreenpharmacist · May 2014

What about one of those spaghetti pies in a cast iron skillet. Just cooked spaghetti and a scrambled egg with cheese and bacon. Cook one side and flip it. Gets kinda gooey and crunchy at same time.

Focker · May 2014

They're good too. My 6 year old boy helped for this one.

smokesniffer · May 2014

Biggreenpharmacist said:

What about one of those spaghetti pies in a cast iron skillet. Just cooked spaghetti and a scrambled egg with cheese and bacon. Cook one side and flip it. Gets kinda gooey and crunchy at same time.

Sounds good too

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