Italian Crescent Roll Casserole

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 1/2 lbs lean ground beef
• 1/4-1/3 cup chopped onion
• 1 -2 tablespoon chopped fresh garlic
• 2 -3 tablespoons grated parmesan cheese (optional)
• seasoning salt and black pepper
• 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce (can use two if desired)
• 1 (25 g) package spaghetti sauce mix
• 1 cup sour cream
• 2 1/2 cups grated mozzarella cheese
• 1 (235 g) package refrigerated crescent dinner rolls (8 pieces)
• 3 tablespoons melted butter
• 1/3-1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
• 3 cups cooked pasta (penne or rigatoni pasta is good, make certain not to overcook the pasta)

Recipe

• 1 set oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 grease a 13 x 9-inch baking dish.
• 3 layer the cooked pasta in the bottom of the baking dish.
• 4 in a fry pan, brown the ground beef, onion and garlic until the beef is no longer pink; drain fat.
• 5 add in the 2-3 tbsp grated parmesan cheese; mix to combine.
• 6 spread the cooked ground beef mixture over the cooked pasta in the dish.
• 7 spread the tomato sauce on top of the ground beef, then sprinkle with the dry spaghetti mix.
• 8 spread the sour cream over all, and top with the grated mozzarella cheese.
• 9 unroll the crescent roll dough, and spread over the mozzarella cheese.
• 10 drizzle with the melted butter and sprinkle with 1/3 - 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese.
• 11 bake for 25 minutes.