Million Dollar Spaghetti
Million Dollar Spaghetti is a delicious baked spaghetti recipe loaded with Italian sausage, cream cheese, sour cream and a blend of shredded Italian cheeses.
Ingredients
- 1 lb spaghetti, uncooked
- 1.5 lbs mild Italian sausage, casings removed
- 48 oz marinara sauce
- 1 1/2 cups sour cream
- 8 oz cream cheese
- 2 tbsp basil pesto
- 3 cups shredded Italian cheeses blend
Directions
- 1
Preheat oven to 350F.
- 2
Cook spaghetti according to directions on the package, drain and set aside.
- 3
Dump the sausage meat into a large pot over medium-high heat.
- 4
Crumble the sausage meat well as it cooks.
- 5
Once the meat is fully cooked, add the marinara sauce to the pot and stir well.
- 6
Add the cooked spaghetti to the pot.
- 7
Stir until all of the spaghetti is coated in sauce and and then remove the pot from the heat.
- 8
Dump the cream cheese, sour cream and basil pesto into a medium mixing bowl.
- 9
Use an electric mixer to cream the ingredients together.
- 10
Add 1 cup of the shredded cheese to the bowl and stir well.
- 11
Scoop half of the spaghetti mixture into a greased 9 x 13 inch baking dish and spread it out evenly.
- 12
Spread all of the cream cheese and sour cream mixture on top of the spaghetti.
- 13
Scoop the remaining spaghetti on top of the cream cheese and sour cream mixture.
- 14
Sprinkle the remaining 2 cups of shredded cheese on top of the spaghetti.
- 15
Place the dish in the oven and bake the spaghetti until the cheese on top is completely melted and started to brown. 40-45 minutes.
- 16
Remove the dish from the oven and serve immediately.
- 17
Enjoy!