Ground Beef Broccoli Pie with Crescent Roll Crust
What's not to love about a creamy, cheesy ground beef and broccoli filling all surrounded in a tasty, flaky crust? Because that's exactly what you get in this delicious Ground Beef Broccoli Pie with Crescent Roll Crust! It's pure dinner comfort food at its best.
This Ground Beef Broccoli Pie recipe is an oldie-but-goodie from my childhood.
Growing up, I remember Mom making this for dinner pretty often. And I remember I was excited every time - Along with her beef stroganoff casserole and easy goulash, it was one of my favorites in her dinner line-up.
What's not to love about a creamy, cheesy ground beef and broccoli filling all surrounded in a tasty, flaky crescent roll crust?What's not to love about a creamy, cheesy ground beef and broccoli filling all surrounded in a tasty, flaky crescent roll crust? It's pure comfort food at its best.
The mixture of ground beef, broccoli, and creamy cheesiness in the filling is a fabulously tasty flavor combination.
And I love that this pie uses packaged crescent rolls as its crust. This also brings a wonderful flavor to this savory pie, far beyond what a traditional standard pie crust would. Plus, the crescent roll crust bakes up a little puffier than a regular pie crust does, too, and brings nice texture to the finished dish.
So how do you make Ground Beef Broccoli Pie with its extra-tasty crescent roll crust?
The first step is to make the beef and broccoli filling.
The filling is a creamy mixture of browned ground beef, onion, milk, cream cheese, and seasonings thickened up a bit, and then topped with shredded Monterey Jack cheese. It comes together pretty quickly in a skillet on the stove top.
I love that this pie uses packaged crescent rolls as its crust. This brings a wonderful flavor to this savory pie, far beyond what a traditional standard pie crust would.
Once the filling is made, the next step is to prepare the bottom crescent roll crust.
Open one package of crescent rolls and fit the dough into the bottom and up the sides of a 9-inch pie dish. You'll need to tear once section of the dough off and fit it into one side of the pie dish to shape the crust - It doesn't all need to be "pretty" when you're fitting it in.
Gently pinch the dough together at the seams to seal it.
Spoon the ground beef and broccoli filling into the bottom crust, and then top the filling mixture with shredded Monterey Jack cheese.
Then add on the pie's top crust.
I've found the easiest way to do this is to unroll the second package of crescent roll dough right across the center of the pie. And then cut off the overhanging section of dough with a sharp knife, like this:
Then cut that removed overhanging section of dough into two pieces, fitting one of the pieces on each uncovered side of the pie, like this:
Pinch the dough seams with your fingers to seal them, and you've got yourself a finished crescent roll crust!
Brush the top of the crust with a little bit of milk to keep it from browning too much while it bakes, and then pop the pie in the oven.
Once the pie is baked, you'll have a nice golden-brown crust, like this:
Let the pie stand at room temperature for about 10 minutes before cutting and serving so the filling won't run and spill out all over the place when you cut into the pie. The filling needs that little bit of time to just set up a bit.
Then get ready to dig in to the deliciousness! All that creamy, cheesy ground beef and broccoli deliciousness surrounded in a tasty, flaky crescent roll crust, that is.
Yes, this Ground Beef Broccoli Pie is one dinner that's pure comfort food at its best - Straight from Mom's dinner favorites line-up.
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Yield: about 8 servings
Ground Beef Broccoli Pie with Crescent Roll Crust
What's not to love about a creamy, cheesy ground beef and broccoli filling all surrounded in a tasty, flaky crust? Because that's exactly what you get in this delicious Ground Beef Broccoli Pie with Crescent Roll Crust! It's pure dinner comfort food at its best.
prep time: 30 Mcook time: 40 Mtotal time: 70 M
ingredients:
- 1 lb. ground beef
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 2 T. all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1/4 tsp. garlic salt
- 1/4 tsp. pepper
- 1 ¼ c. milk
- 4 oz. cream cheese
- 1 egg
- 1 (12 oz.) package frozen chopped broccoli, thawed
- 1 c. (4 oz.) shredded Monterey Jack cheese
- 2 packages crescent rolls
instructions:
How to cook Ground Beef Broccoli Pie with Crescent Roll Crust
- Cook broccoli according to package directions; drain well.
- In a skillet or saucepan, brown ground beef and onion together over medium high heat; drain.
- Reduce heat to medium. Stir in flour, salt, garlic salt, and pepper. Add milk and cream cheese. Cook and stir until the mixture is smooth and slightly thickened.
- In a small bowl, lightly beat the egg with a fork. Add about 3 spoonfuls of the hot cream cheese mixture to the beaten egg; whisk with a fork to temper the egg. Pour egg mixture into the skillet.
- Cook and stir about 1 to 2 minutes until thickened. Stir in broccoli.
- Fit one package of crescent rolls into the bottom of a greased 9-inch pie plate. Pinch seams with your fingers to seal them. Spoon in broccoli mixture and top with shredded Monterey Jack cheese.
- Fit the second package of crescent rolls over the broccoli mixture to form the top crust. Pinch seams with your fingers to seal them. Brush with a little bit of milk.
- Bake at 350℉ for 40 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes before cutting and serving.
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