Crescent Lasagna

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 lb sausage
• 1/2 lb ground beef
• 3/4 cup chopped onion
• 1/2 garlic clove, minced
• 1 tablespoon parsley flakes
• 1/2 teaspoon dried leaf basil
• 1/2 teaspoon oregano
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
• 1 dash pepper
• 1 cup cream-style cottage cheese
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
• 2 (8 ounce) cans refrigerated crescent dinner rolls
• 2 slices mozzarella cheese, about 7x4 inches
• 1 tablespoon milk
• 1 tablespoon sesame seeds

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375°.
• 2 meat filling: brown meat and drain. add all meat filling ingredients, simmer, uncovered about 5 minutes.
• 3 cheese filling: combine all these ingredients well.
• 4 crust: separate crescent dough into 8 rectangles. on ungreased cookie sheet, place dough rectangles overlapping edges press edges and perforations to seal well. (about 15x13-inch rectangle).
• 5 spread half of the meat filling lengthwise down center half of dough within 1 inch of the 13 inch end.
• 6 top meat filling with the cheese filling; spoon remaining meat filling on top of that, forming 3 layers. place cheese slices over the top of that.
• 7 fold 13 inch ends of dough rectangle over filling 1 inch. pull long sides of dough rectangle over filling being careful to overlap edges only about 1/4 inch. pinch together the overlapping dough to seal.
• 8 brush with milk and sprinkle with sesame seeds.
• 9 bake at 375° 20-25 minutes or until a deep golden brown.
• 10 tip: can be prepared 3-4 hours beforehand and covered with plastic wrap. increase cooking time to about 25-30 minutes.