Spinach And Sausage Stuffed Crescents Food

SAUSAGE STUFFED SHELLS WITH SPINACH

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter a 3-quart baking dish or spray with non-stick cooking spray.
• Bring a large pot of salted water to the boil, add the pasta shells then follow package directions for cooking the shells. Drain, and then rinse the shells with cold water.
• Meanwhile, heat a wide skillet over medium-high heat. Add the sausage and cook until browned, about 10 minutes. As the sausage cooks, use a wooden spoon to break the sausage up into small pieces in the pan.
• Stir in the garlic, tomatoes, as well as the thawed and ringed out spinach. Cook until heated through and liquid reduced by half, about 2 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat then stir in the ricotta cheese. Taste for seasoning then adjust with salt and pepper to taste.
• Fill each shell with sausage filling and arrange into the baking dish. Scatter mozzarella cheese on top. Bake until the tips of the shells begin to brown and the cheese has melted, about 25 minutes. Serve with a warm marinara sauce (optional).

SPINACH STUFFED CRESCENT ROLLS

Steps:

• Spray medium skillet with nonstick cooking spray. Saute onion, mushrooms and garlic until onion is transparent.
• Remove from heat.
• Stir in spinach, ricotta, mozzarella, sour cream, salt, cayenne and nutmeg until throughly combined.
• Seperate crescent rolls.
• Place 3 tablespoons spinach mixture on wide end of each piece of dough.
• Roll up to form crescent.
• Place on nonstick baking sheet.
• Bake 20 minutes at 350.

SPINACH-FETA CRESCENTS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Put the spinach in a kitchen towel and wring very dry (to get about 1/2 cup dry spinach). Put the spinach into a large bowl, breaking up the clumps with your fingers. Add the cream cheese, feta, scallions, dill, Parmesan, lemon zest, 1/2 teaspoon salt and some black pepper. Mix well.
• Lightly flour your hands and work surface. Unroll the crescent dough and separate into triangles along the perforated lines. Put about a tablespoon of filling at the shortest end of a triangle, and roll. Place the roll, point-side down, on the prepared baking sheet, tucking in the ends to form a crescent shape. Repeat with the remaining triangles and filling, spacing the rolls at least 1 inch apart on the baking sheet.
• Brush the dough with the egg wash and bake until puffed and golden brown, about 12 minutes. Let the crescents cool on the baking sheet for a few minutes before transferring to a cooling rack. Serve warm or at room temperature.

SPINACH & SAUSAGE STUFFED PASTA SHELLS

Steps:

• Cook pasta shells according to package directions.
• Drain and rinse with cold water and drain again.
• Combine remaining ingredients, except spaghetti sauce, in a large bowl and mix well.
• Fill each pasta shell with 3 tablespoons of filling.
• Place in a baking dish and top with spaghetti sauce.
• Bake at 350 degrees until heated through, about 30 minutes.
• To freeze: Freeze before baking.
• You may freeze individually wrapped shells without sauce, or freeze sauce-topped shells in baking dish.

SPINACH AND SAUSAGE STUFFED CRESCENTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir sausage in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes; drain and discard grease.
• Mix sausage, cream cheese, spinach, garlic, and red pepper flakes in a bowl.
• Unroll and separate crescent roll dough into individual portions. Spread equal amounts of the sausage mixture into the middle of each dough portion. Roll and wrap dough around the filling to look like a baseball rather than a crescent roll; arrange onto a baking sheet.
• Bake in preheated oven until golden brown, about 25 minutes. Cool 10 minutes before serving.

SPINACH, CHEESE, AND SAUSAGE STUFFED SHELLS OAMC

Steps:

• Cook pasta shells according to directions. Drain, rinse, and let drain again.
• Saute onion in oil about 5 minutes. Add ground sausage and garlic. Cook until sausage is done. Cool.
• Beat egg slightly. Add ricotta cheese, mozzerella cheese, parmesan cheese, spinach, and cooled sausage mixture. Mix well.
• Stuff shells. (This is where I flash-froze half of them).
• Put 1 c of spagetti sauce in bottom of corningware (or 9x13 pan, or something else). Add shells. Pour the rest of the sauce on top. Sprinkle with more mozzerella or parmesan cheese, if desired.
• Cook at 350 for 30 minutes, covered. Cook 10 minutes uncovered.