Lasagna-Stuffed Croissant

This crowd-pleasing lasagna-stuffed croissant combines browned sausage and beef with a creamy cottage cheese filling inside a giant crescent roll.

• Preparation Time: 30 mins
• Cooking Time: 30 mins
• Total Time: 60 mins
• Calories: 463 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoons sesame seeds
• 1 cup cottage cheese
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
• 1 pinch garlic powder, or to taste
• 1 tablespoon dried parsley flakes
• 2 teaspoons milk, or as needed
• 2 (8 ounce) tubes refrigerated crescent rolls
• 0.25 cup grated Parmesan cheese
• 0.5 teaspoon dried basil
• 0.5 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese, or to taste
• 0.5 teaspoon dried oregano
• 0.5 pound ground beef
• 0.5 pound ground pork sausage
• 0.75 onion, chopped

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

Step 2

Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir pork and beef in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Drain and discard grease. Blot meat with paper napkins to remove as much grease as possible.

Step 3

Add tomato paste, onion, parsley, basil, oregano, garlic powder, salt, and pepper to the browned meat. Reduce heat to medium-low. Mix well and simmer the meat filling, uncovered, for 5 minutes.

Step 4

Meanwhile, mix cottage cheese, Parmesan cheese, and egg together for the cheese filling.

Step 5

Unroll crescent rolls and press together to form a rectangle of dough. Place on an ungreased baking sheet, with the short sides of the dough hanging over the long edge of the baking sheet.

Step 6

Spread 1/2 of the meat filling down the middle of the dough. Spoon cheese filling on top. Layer remaining meat filling over the cheese. Add Monterey Jack cheese on top. Pull sides of dough across one another to form a loaf, sealing all open edges. Brush top of loaf with milk and sprinkle sesame seeds on top.

Step 7

Bake in the preheated oven until deep golden brown in color, 20 to 25 minutes.