Main Dishes
Crescent Lasagna
With this Crescent Lasagna recipe you get all the flavors of lasagna between flaky layers of crescent roll dough. A
- Serves 8 servings
- Prep 20 minutes
- Cook 25 minutes
- Total 45 minutes
Crescent Roll Dough
This recipe makes use of one of my favorite kitchen shortcuts- refrigerated Crescent Roll Dough. I use Pillsbury Crescent Roll Dough. You can use either the crescent dough or crescent sheets. If using crescent dough, you will have to press on the perforations to seal them. I also love to use crescent dough to make these Sloppy Joe Squares, Crescent Beef Burritos, andSausage and Crescent Roll Casserole.
Meat Filling
A super thick tomato meat sauce, with both ground beef and Italian sausage for supreme flavor, is spread on top of a rectangle of crescent roll dough.
Cheese Filling
Next comes a cheese mixture made from cottage cheese, 2 eggs, and Parmesan cheese. If you don’t like cottage cheese, use ricotta cheese. I think using cottage cheese for a lasagna is a southern thing. But even if you think you don’t like cottage cheese, try it for lasagna. It is super, super creamy.
A thick layer of shredded mozzarella cheese comes next and then a second can of crescent roll dough is unrolled and placed on top.
The only slightly tricky part of this recipe is getting the top and bottom layers of crescent roll dough sealed around the edges. And it’s difficult to get it perfectly shaped.
But with a meal that tastes this yummy, does it really matter what it looks like?
Variations and Substitutions
- Use all ground beef or all Italian sausage.
- Use ground turkey to make it a little lighter.
- Make it spicy. Add half a teaspoon of crushed red pepper flakes.
- Sub ricotta cheese for cottage cheese.
- Add sauteed mushrooms.
Can Crescent Lasagna Be Frozen?
Yes! Bake the lasagna and let it cool completely. Wrap it in plastic wrap and then in aluminum foil. Freeze for up to 3 months.
Meat sauce, gooey cheese, and buttery dough is always a winning combination!
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More Lasagna Recipes
- Make-Ahead Lasagna
- Pepperoni Lasagna Roll-Ups
- Pizza Lasagna
- White Seafood Lasagna
- Mexican Lasagna
- Cream Cheese Lasagna
- Slow Cooker Sausage Lasagna
Watch the short video below to see how to make this recipe.
Recipe
Crescent Lasagna
With this Crescent Lasagna recipe you get all the flavors of lasagna between flaky layers of crescent roll dough. Stuffed with a ground beef and sausage meat sauce and lots of cheese!
- Serves 8 servings
- Prep 20 minutes
- Cook 25 minutes
- Total 45 minutes
Ingredients
- 1/2 pound ground beef
- 1/2 pound ground Italian sausage, (I use hot)
- 1 medium onion, (chopped)
- 1 clove garlic, (minced)
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 1/3 cup tomato paste
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup cottage cheese
- 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese
- 2 (8-ounce) cans refrigerated crescent roll dough
- 1 (8-ounce) package shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1 tablespoon butter, (melted)
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
Instructions
- 1
Preheat oven to 375 degrees and lightly grease a rimmed baking sheet. Note: Or you can line it with parchment paper.
- 2
In a large skillet, brown ground beef and Italian sausage, breaking meat apart with a wooden spoon as it cooks. Once you get the meat crumbled, add onion and cook 3 to 4 minutes.
- 3
Add garlic and cook 1 minute.
- 4
Add Italian seasoning, tomato paste, and salt and pepper. Cook 2 to 3 minutes and remove from heat. Mixture will be very thick.
- 5
In a medium bowl, whisk together eggs and cottage cheese. Stir in Parmesan cheese. Set aside.
- 6
Unroll one can of crescent dough and place on prepared baking sheet. Press together edges and perforations between pieces of crescent roll dough to make one continuous piece of dough.
- 7
Spread meat mixture on top of dough to within 1 inch of the sides.
- 8
Spread cottage cheese mixture on top of meat mixture.
- 9
Spread mozzarella over cottage cheese mixture.
- 10
Unroll second can of dough and place on top. Press together edges and perforations.
- 11
Press the edges of the top piece of dough together with the bottom edge to make a seam all the way around the rectangle.
- 12
Combine 1 tablespoon melted butter with garlic sauce and chopped parsley and brush on top of dough.
- 13
Place in oven for 25 to 27 minutes, until golden brown.
Notes
To make this lasagna spicy, add half a teaspoon of crushed red pepper flakes to the meat sauce. Nutritional info is provided as an estimate only and will vary based on brands of products used. Not to be used for specific dietary needs.
Equipment
- Rimmed Baking Sheet
- Large Nonstick Skillet
Nutrition
- Calories536 kcal
- Carbohydrates28 g
- Protein23 g
- Fat38 g
- Saturated Fat16 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat6 g
- Monounsaturated Fat12 g
- Trans Fat0.4 g
- Cholesterol115 mg
- Sodium1386 mg
- Potassium353 mg
- Fiber1 g
- Sugar9 g
- Vitamin A528 IU
- Vitamin C4 mg
- Calcium231 mg
- Iron2 mg
