Description
These Spaghetti Garlic Bread Bowls are the ultimate comfort food mashup—cheesy baked spaghetti tucked into buttery garlic bread rolls. Perfect for family dinners, parties, or cozy nights in!
Ingredients
For the Spaghetti Sauce:
Olive oil for cooking
1 medium white onion, finely diced
2 garlic cloves, finely diced
500g ground beef (12% fat)
1 tablespoon tomato puree
80ml red wine
500g tomato passata
240ml beef stock
½ tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
½ bunch fresh basil, chopped
½ teaspoon dried oregano
½ teaspoon sugar
20g freshly grated parmesan
200g spaghetti
For the Garlic Bread Bowls:
6 crusty white rolls
100g butter, melted
30g parmesan, finely grated
1 tablespoon fresh parsley, finely chopped
3 garlic cloves, mashed into paste
200g shredded mozzarella
Instructions
Heat olive oil in a large skillet. Cook onion until golden, then stir in garlic.
Add ground beef and brown. Stir in tomato puree.
Pour in wine and cook until reduced. Add passata, stock, Worcestershire, basil, oregano, sugar, salt, and pepper. Simmer 25 minutes until thickened. Stir in parmesan.
Cut tops off rolls and hollow out the centers. Mix butter, garlic paste, parsley, and parmesan. Brush inside and outside of rolls.
Cook spaghetti until al dente. Toss directly into sauce.
Fill rolls with spaghetti mixture and top with mozzarella.
Bake at 350°F for 8–10 minutes until bread is crisp and cheese is melted. Optional: broil briefly for golden tops.
Notes
Use sturdy crusty rolls so they hold up to the sauce.
No wine? Swap with extra beef stock plus a splash of balsamic vinegar.
Sauce can be made ahead and refrigerated overnight for even deeper flavor.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 35 minutes
- Category: Dinner, Comfort Food
- Method: Baking + Stovetop
- Cuisine: Italian-American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bread bowl
- Calories: 540 kcal
- Sugar: 6 g
- Sodium: 980 mg
- Fat: 25 g
- Saturated Fat: 12 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10 g
- Trans Fat: 0.5 g
- Carbohydrates: 50 g
- Fiber: 4 g
- Protein: 28 g
- Cholesterol: 75 mg