Alex's Favorite Beef and Cheese Pie

"This is the #1 all-time most requested meal that my two boys grew up on. Now Adam is 27 and Alex has passed away, so I'm posting this in Alex's memory. So easy, and you won't be dissapointed! Also very good cold the next day. I got in the habit of making 2 pies so there WOULD be leftovers! I got this recipe from a small cookbook I picked up at a truckstop while driving across country called "Cooking For The King of the Road""
 
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Ready In:
55mins
Ingredients:
11
Yields:
1 pie
Serves:
4-6
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ingredients

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directions

  • Brown beef, onion and green pepper.
  • Drain fat off.
  • Add tomato sauce, green beans and garlic salt.
  • Simmer 10 minutes.
  • While the beef mixture is simmering, spread separated crescent rolls into a pie plate, pressing edges together to make a thin crust with an edging around the rim (like for a fruit pie).
  • Mix 1 cup cheese with beaten egg, spread on bottom of crust.
  • Pour in beef mixture.
  • Sprinkle with paprika and parsley.
  • Spread 1 cup cheese on top.
  • Bake at 375 degrees Fahrenheit for 25 minutes, or until bubbly and cheese begins to brown. Remove from oven.
  • Let stand for 10 minutes.

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Reviews

  1. This dish is amazing! I used zucchini in place of the green beans and just plain forgot about the bell pepper. I also had no garlic salt so I used two heaping tbsp. of chopped garlic and some seasoned salt and it was still awesome. DH also suggested that some chopped tomato might be nice and I agree. I think this dish would have to be somewhere in the top 10 of my all time favorite Zaar recipes. Needless to say this is something I will be making often and I imagine my kids will be asking for the recipe in 20 years :) Thank you so much for posting such a winner!
     
  2. This is so yummy. It was my first time trying crescent dough as a pie crust. Very yummy. I used 1 medium onion and red bell pepper (near 1 cup). I didn't have green beans, so I used 1 zucchini, diced. I used garlic powder instead of garlic salt. For the cheese I used mozzarella. Thanks so much for posting this recipe. Made for PRMR tag game
     
  3. Very, very nice, & definitely worth making again, for sure! I did use garlic powder instead of garlic salt & also substituted freshly steamed green beans for the canned version! Oh, & I sprinkled the meat with a bit of lemon pepper, but other than that the recipe was followed right on down! Thanks for sharing it! [Tagged & made in Please Review My Recipe]
     
  4. This was very good for being so easy. Turned out better than I had hoped for. My crust was a bit soggy in the middle, but that may be because I baked it in my toaster oven since it was hot out. Things tend to get done a little faster in there, I should have dropped the temp a bit to allow the bottom to be caught up with the top. Still had great flavor though. I think next time I will use french cut green beans. Those are really the only kind of canned green beans I like, but I wanted to keep to the original recipe my first try. The beans were OK, but I think the french cut will be better!
     
  5. 5stars for a weeknight dinner. very easy to throw together even with a 2yr old screaming. I didn't have any tomato sauce so I did about a 1/4 c of ketchup and half can of diced tomatoes with garlic. my daughter is allergic to eggs so I left that out and just layered some sliced velveeta on the cresent rolls then the meat mixture and some grated cheddar to top it off. i also added some salt, pepper and seasoning salt to the ground beef. served with mashed tators. yummy. thnx for sharing i see this being a regular around here.
     
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Tweaks

  1. This is quite delicious. I also add some cumin to the meat mixture...
     
  2. This dish is amazing! I used zucchini in place of the green beans and just plain forgot about the bell pepper. I also had no garlic salt so I used two heaping tbsp. of chopped garlic and some seasoned salt and it was still awesome. DH also suggested that some chopped tomato might be nice and I agree. I think this dish would have to be somewhere in the top 10 of my all time favorite Zaar recipes. Needless to say this is something I will be making often and I imagine my kids will be asking for the recipe in 20 years :) Thank you so much for posting such a winner!
     
  3. This is so yummy. It was my first time trying crescent dough as a pie crust. Very yummy. I used 1 medium onion and red bell pepper (near 1 cup). I didn't have green beans, so I used 1 zucchini, diced. I used garlic powder instead of garlic salt. For the cheese I used mozzarella. Thanks so much for posting this recipe. Made for PRMR tag game
     
  4. Very, very nice, & definitely worth making again, for sure! I did use garlic powder instead of garlic salt & also substituted freshly steamed green beans for the canned version! Oh, & I sprinkled the meat with a bit of lemon pepper, but other than that the recipe was followed right on down! Thanks for sharing it! [Tagged & made in Please Review My Recipe]
     

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