Zesty Italian Crescent Casserole

Name: Zesty Italian Crescent Casserole
Total time: 2400 s
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 lb Ground beef; 1/4 cup onion, chopped; 1 cup spagetti or tomato/herb pasta sauce; 1 1/2 cup Mozzarella or Monterey Jack cheese, shredded; 1/2 cup sour cream; 1 can refrigerated crescent rolls (8 oz); 1/3 cup Parmesan cheese, finely shredded; 2 tbsp butter, melted

holly.baxter.3701 @cook_3371214

Quick and easy! However, it's only as "zesty" as the sauce and meat you use. So play around with the herbs/spices in your sauce and use a combination of beef and pork/sausage/chicken/etc. to find the flavor you like best.

holly.baxter.3701 @cook_3371214

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Ingredients

40 mins

8 servings

1 lbGround beef
1/4 cuponion, chopped
1 cupspagetti or tomato/herb pasta sauce
1 1/2 cupMozzarella or Monterey Jack cheese, shredded
1/2 cupsour cream
1 canrefrigerated crescent rolls (8 oz)
1/3 cupParmesan cheese, finely shredded
2 tbspbutter, melted

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Steps

40 mins

1

Preheat oven to 375°F.
2

Cook ground beef and onions in a large skillet until meat is browned and onion is tender. Drain and return to skillet.
3

Stir in spagetti/pasta sauce and mix thoroughly. Heat though.
4

Combine Mozzarella/Monterey Jack cheese and sour cream in a medium sized bowl. Set aside.
5

Spread the meat mixture into a 2-quart casserole dish.
6

Spoon the cheese/sour cream mixture over the meat.
7

Combine melted butter and Parmesan cheese in a small bowl. Set aside.
8

Unroll crescent dough and separate into triangles for a round baking dish or press edges together and roll out into a rectangle for rectangular baking dish. Place dough on top of cheese/sour cream mixture. Spread cheese/butter mixture on top of dough.
9

Bake for 20-25 minutes or until crust is a deep golden brown.
10

*** Recipe originates from Better Homes and Gardens' "Simply Better Easy Ground Beef" cookbook (2006) ***