This Baked Spaghetti recipe is for mini loaves of creamy Alfredo baked spaghetti topped with meatballs and marinara sauce. It’s a Tucci Benucch copycat recipe!
There is a restaurant at the Mall of America called Tucci Benucch that I went to with my husband a few months ago. The food was delicious!
As usual, I had a hard time deciding but finally chose the Chicken Parmesan and Brian got Four Cheese Ravioli. One of the other items I wanted to order was their Famous Baked Spaghetti. I haven’t made it back to the restaurant to try it so I decided to make it at home.
Most baked spaghetti recipes that I’ve seen use a red sauce but the baked spaghetti from Tucci Benucch is made with a white sauce. The red sauce is added after baking, so that is how I made mine.
I decided to use my mini loaf pan instead of baking the spaghetti in a large pan.
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This is the pan I used when making this recipe.
It is a Wilton Perfect Results, 8 cavity loaf pan.
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Wilton Perfect Results Loaf Pan
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How To Make Baked Spaghetti
First mix about 6 cups of cooked thin spaghetti with Alfredo sauce. I made my own sauce, but you can use the jarred sauce if you prefer.
After greasing the pan, fill each of the mini loaves with the pasta and press down on the top to pack in it, adding more as necessary. Sprinkle the tops with shredded mozzarella cheese.
Bake for about 25 minutes at 350 degrees.
While the spaghetti is baking, heat Italian meatballs and marinara sauce.
Put a little sauce in a bowl, add one of the baked spaghetti loaves, top with Italian meatballs and more marinara sauce.
Sprinkle with freshly grated Parmesan and oregano. Serve with garlic, cheese bread, and a green salad.
Baked Spaghetti Recipe
Equipment
Ingredients
- 6 cups cooked thin spaghetti noodles
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- 24 Italian Meatballs
- 25 oz marinara Sauce
- 8 teaspoon grated Parmesan
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
Alfredo Sauce:
- 1 pint heavy cream
- 2 teaspoon minced garlic
- ½ teaspoon pepper
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 4 tablespoon butter
- 4 oz cream cheese
- 3 cups freshly shredded Parmesan
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350˚F and grease mini loaf pan.
- Mix cooked spaghetti with Alfredo sauce.
- Fill each of the mini loaves with the pasta and press down on the top to pack in it, adding more as necessary.
- Sprinkle the tops with about 2 tablespoons shredded mozzarella cheese.
- Bake for about 25 minutes at 350 degrees.
- While the spaghetti is baking, heat Italian meatballs and marinara sauce.
- Put a little sauce in each bowl, add one of the baked spaghetti loaves, top with Italian meatballs and more marinara sauce.
- Optional: Sprinkle with freshly grated Parmesan and oregano.
Alfredo Sauce
- Bring heavy cream, minced garlic, pepper and salt to a boil over medium heat.
- Add butter and cream cheese, stir until smooth Heat until it starts to boil.
- Using a whisk (or a fork), stir in freshly shredded Parmesan, one cup at time, until smooth.
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Mrs. McQuail says
I love this idea. It looks wonderful. I had a question, do you think this meal could be turned into a freezer meal? Thank you for this idea.
Denise says
Do know what brand is your loaf pan?
Tonia says
Sorry, I do not. The loaf pan ended up getting some rust and I’ve since throw it out and replaced it.
carolyn b says
I bought the Food network mini pans from kohl’s and they are terrific-never rust, never stick-and the just right proportion and i have had them now for 4 years and they get used a LOT
Brenda says
How many serving is this for?
Tonia says
It makes 8 spaghetti loaves. Happy Cooking! ~Tonia
Brittany says
I’m loving everything about this recipe! Since the hubby is off on a guys trip I’m going to try them out tonight. 🙂
kado says
my favorite baked spaghetti is from tucci at the mall of america! I was craving it the other day so i searched baked spaghetti on pinterest, so weird this one happened to catch my eye. Tastes so much like the restaurants! Just made it for dinner and we all loved it. Thanks for the great recipe.
Tonia says
So far we’ve really enjoyed everything we’ve ordered from Tucci Benucch. I’m so happy to hear that your family enjoyed this recipe!
Suzanne says
I made this for dinner tonight after finding it on Pinterest. It was wonderful! My whole family loved it. I can’t wait to check out some of your other recipes.
Tonia says
Awesome! You made my day. I really love hearing back from readers who tried my recipes!
Colleen says
Made this for dinner tonight. Super good and looked just like yours. I only used 2 cups of cheese because that’s all I had 🙂 Thanks!
Stephanie @ Sustaining the Powers says
These look so amazing! The gooey melted cheese crust on top caught my eye on pinterest. I’m all about cheese. I make a “birds nest pie” baked spaghetti dish, but never thought to make mini ones, so I am going to have to try this!
Katie M says
Tonia, this looks really good! I’m wondering if you have ever frozen these? How wonderful to pull those out of the freezer for dinner.
Tonia says
No, I’ve never tried freezing them, but I agree…that would be lovely!
teresa says
did you have success freezing these?
Barbara says
Thank you for sharing this recipe. I made it for dinner today, with my own sauce and meatballs. My sauce is on the sweet side, and the baked spaghetti was perfect with it. The entire family loved it and can’t wait to have it again.
Tonia says
Wonderful! I love hearing that!
Erin says
OMG! This looks delish! So glad I stumbled upon your site!
Katie says
I made these the other night for my mom for our mama-daughter date. They we so easy, but fancy enough to really make us feel spoiled. We busted out a bottle of wine and some really nice french bread and ate to our hearts’ content. Such a great recipe! I’m putting this one in my back pocket for the future times when I wanna impress somebody, but don’t wanna have to work too hard at it! 🙂
Tonia says
Fantastic! I was scrolling down my recipe page recently and when I saw them, I realized that I haven’t made baked spaghetti for way too long.
Ginnie says
I can’t wait to try this – it looks so good! Thanks for sharing!
Jelli says
This sounds delicious, Tonia! I love baked spaghetti from Fazoli’s, and it’s not nearly as fancy as this. The idea of baking it with alfredo sauce and later adding the red sauce for a duo sauce combo sounds incredible. Yum! I’d love to give this a whirl soon.
Lyuba@willcookforsmiles says
What a clever way to serve a classic! Love it, Tonia!
kristi@ishouldbemoppingthefloor says
Looks delicious, Tonia!! Amazing!
Debbi says
I’m going to try this! Thanks for including your Alfredo sauce recipe. Do you break up the spaghetti noodles and, if so, before you cook it or after? Thanks!
Tonia says
Hi Debbi,
I always break up my noodles before cooking because that is the way my mom always did it. As far as I can tell, they would be fine if you didn’t break them up because you are just packing the noodles into the pan so the length doesn’t really matter. Happy Baking!
~Tonia
Liz says
Another lovely recipe. Thanks so much and have a Wonderful Day and Week
Diana says
Hello Tonia, It looks great and I am sooooo hungry! Hope I get all the ingredients in Germany. I think my family will love it. Thanks for sharing! 🙂 Have a nice day. Greetings from the other side of the world
Yours Diana
Tonia says
Thank you Diana! I took 3 years of German in high school with the hope that I would make it there some day. It hasn’t happened yet, but who knows what the future holds, right? We got about 7 inches of snow last night and the kids are all outside right now!
Melanie says
I need one of those loaf pans! Another great recipe!
Tonia says
Thanks Melanie! You could made it in a muffin pan or a casserole dish if you don’t have the loaf pan.