Quick, comforting, and incredibly easy to make, this Italian Crescent Casserole combines savory ground beef and a rich three-cheese sauce inside a buttery, flaky crescent roll crust. With only 5 ingredients and 10 minutes of prep, it’s the perfect crowd-pleasing dinner for busy weeknights!
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1 cup Three Cheese Pasta Sauce or your favorite pasta sauce
- 1 can 8 oz refrigerated crescent dinner rolls
- 1 ½ cups shredded Italian cheese blend 6 oz, divided
- ¼ teaspoon dried basil leaves
Instructions
- Preheat Oven: Preheat your oven to 375°F (190°C).
- Cook Beef: In a large skillet over medium-high heat, cook the ground beef until browned. Drain any excess fat.
- Add Sauce: Stir the pasta sauce into the ground beef. Heat the mixture to a gentle boil, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat.
- Prepare Crust: Unroll the crescent dough and separate it into 8 triangles. In an ungreased 9-inch glass pie plate, arrange the dough in a spoke pattern. The wide bases should overlap slightly in the center, and the narrow tips should hang over the rim of the plate by about 3 inches. Press the dough into the bottom and sides to seal and form a crust.Beef
- First Cheese Layer: Sprinkle 1 cup of the Italian cheese blend evenly over the bottom of the crust.
- Add Filling: Spoon the beef and sauce mixture evenly over the cheese layer.
- Fold Dough: Bring the narrow tips of the crescent dough up and over the filling toward the center. Do not overlap the tips; leave the center slightly open.
- Final Toppings: Sprinkle the remaining ½ cup of cheese over the center opening. Dust the entire casserole evenly with the dried basil.
- Bake: Bake for 20 minutes, or until the crescent dough is golden brown and cooked through. Let stand for 5 minutes before slicing and serving.