Italian Crescent Casserole Recipes

ITALIAN SAUSAGE AND SPINACH CRESCENT CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. Bake crescent rolls as directed on cans. Remove from cookie sheets to cooling rack. Cool completely, at least 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in 12-inch nonstick skillet, cook sausage over medium-high heat 7 to 9 minutes or until no longer pink; drain. Reduce heat to medium. Add onion, garlic and pepper flakes; cook 3 to 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until onions are softened. Add half of the spinach; cook and stir 1 to 2 minutes or until spinach has wilted. Repeat with remaining half of spinach.
• Spray 13x9-inch (3-quart) baking dish with cooking spray. Cut or tear each cooled crescent roll into 3 pieces, and place in baking dish. Arrange sausage mixture over crescent pieces in baking dish.
• In medium bowl, beat eggs, whipping cream, 1/2 cup of the Parmesan cheese, the salt and pepper. Pour over crescent pieces and sausage mixture in dish; carefully stir to distribute mixture and coat with egg mixture.
• Sprinkle remaining 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese over top. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until golden brown and knife inserted in center comes out clean. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.

ITALIAN CRESCENT CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Brown ground beef and onion, drain.
• Stir in marinara sauce (and I add a little salt and pepper).
• In a medium-sized bowl, combine sour cream and mozzarella cheese.
• Pour ground beef mixture into a 2 1/2 quart casserole dish. Spoon cheese mixture over beef mixture.
• Unroll crescent roll dough on top of cheese mixture.
• In a small bowl, combine melted butter and parmesan cheese.
• Spread butter mixture over dough.
• Bake at 375 for 20-25 minutes, until the dough is golden brown.

ZESTY ITALIAN CRESCENT CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
• In large skillet, brown beef and onion then drain.
• Return meat to pan; add spaghetti sauce.
• Meanwhile, in a medium bowl combine mozzarella cheese and sour cream.
• Pour hot meat into an ungreased 12 x 8 inch dish.
• Spoon cheese mixture over meat.
• Unroll crescent roll dough over the top of the mixture.
• Mix parmesan cheese and butter together, then spread over the top of the dough.
• Bake 18-25 minutes or until golden brown.

ITALIAN CRESCENT CASSEROLE

Steps:

• In 10-inch skillet, mix beef and pasta sauce. Heat to boiling over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally.
• Separate dough into 8 triangles. Place dough in ungreased 9-inch glass pie plate in spoke pattern, with narrow tips overlapping rim of plate about 3 inches. Press dough in side and bottom to form crust; sprinkle with 1 cup of the cheese. Spoon meat mixture evenly over cheese. Bring tips of dough over filling to meet in center; do not overlap. Sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup cheese and the basil.
• Bake at 375°F 15 to 20 minutes.

ZESTY ITALIAN CRESCENT CASSEROLE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• 2. Brown meat and onion together; drain fat, then return to pan.
• 3. Stir in tomato sauce and spaghetti sauce mix until well blended. Heat over medium heat until hot and bubbly. Spread meat mixture into 13x9 inch baking dish.
• 4. Combine mozzarella cheese and sour cream. Spread mixture over the top of the meat mixture.
• 5. Separate crescent rolls into triangles and place over meat and cheese mixture. Squeeze margarine over rolls and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.
• 6. Bake for 18=25 minutes or until golden brown. Cut into squares and serve.

ITALIAN CRESCENT ROLL CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Set oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease a 13 x 9-inch baking dish.
• Layer the cooked pasta in the bottom of the baking dish.
• In a fry pan, brown the ground beef, onion and garlic until the beef is no longer pink; drain fat.
• Add in the 2-3 tbsp grated Parmesan cheese; mix to combine.
• Spread the cooked ground beef mixture over the cooked pasta in the dish.
• Spread the tomato sauce on top of the ground beef, then sprinkle with the dry spaghetti mix.
• Spread the sour cream over all, and top with the grated mozzarella cheese.
• Unroll the crescent roll dough, and spread over the mozzarella cheese.
• Drizzle with the melted butter and sprinkle with 1/3 - 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese.
• Bake for 25 minutes.