1lbground beefcooked and drained 1cupgarlic tomato pasta sauce 1can8 oz Pillsbury® refrigerated crescent dinner rolls 1 ½cupsshredded Italian cheese blend ¼teaspoondried basil leaves
Instructions
In skillet, mix cooked beef and pasta sauce. Heat over medium heat until warm.
Separate crescent 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 of pan to form crust and cover the pan. Sprinkle with 1 cup of the cheese over dough in the pan.
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 over the dish followed by the basil. Bake at 375°F 15 to 20 minutes.
Just a note to let everyone know that my husband has passed away. It has been months since I have been able to update my blogs and have removed my website. I'll be back soon as I need to have my projects to keep my mind occupied. Right now I am just trying to get my life in order which has been proven to be one of the most difficult things I have ever dealt with in my life. I was already dealing with issues surrounding the death of my first husband. Here I go again . . . I am beyond heartbroken and hopeless.
I'm a recipe collector and have a filing cabinet full of recipes from scouring magazines, newspapers, trading with friends and my cherished family recipes that were passed on to me by family . . . some I have no idea where they came from. I attempt to list sources when I have them . . . I'm not trying to claim any recipe as mine unless it is . . . I'm a serious foodie . . . not a professional chef!
I will also be posting those recipes that look promising to me since I'm always looking for new recipes to try out.
I'm a third generation sicilian italian-cuban-american who was fascinated with everything that happened in the kitchen as I grew up, next to my nana's side . . . watching every move that she made. She started giving me little jobs to do in the kitchen to keep from stepping on me . . . I learned how to cook at a young age, throwing things together, rarely using measuring utensils. Cooking is a passion which takes lots of tasting and nurturing what you are cooking until it is just right.
Here's the twist to my italian cooking . . . I married a southern gentleman whose mom prepared the best southern comfort food meals . . . and as a young adult, I was right there by her side, learning how to cook southern style. He and I combined the two cooking styles into our own style that never disappointed our guests.
Since my southern gentleman passed away, I got used to cooking for one . . . so there is yet another twist to my cooking . . . cooking a big meal and turning it into totally different meals.
I've since remarried and my new husband (yep, another southern gentleman) has a similar cooking style . . . and we are perfecting the art of making great meals using leftovers :)
Laughter is brightest in the place where the food is. ~ Irish proverb
A seafood diet...if you see food, eat it! ~ Miss Piggy :)
