I don’t know how many of you have crescent rolls in your pantry… so this might be a stretch, but it’s simple and can be modified in a number of ways. In fact, the recipe below is modified from the Greek Lentil Crescents recipe from the October 2006 issue of Home Cooking Magazine. The original recipe had just lentils, dried onions, and feta cheese it.
Ingredients:
1 (8oz) package refridgerated crescent roll dough
1 (15oz) can lentils or about 1 1/2 cup fresh cooked dry lentils, drained
1 can spinach (or 1 box frozen spinach)
2 tsp dried minced onion
1/2 tsp oregano
1 tsp soy sauce or temari
1 (15oz) can lentils or about 1 1/2 cup fresh cooked dry lentils, drained
1 can spinach (or 1 box frozen spinach)
2 tsp dried minced onion
1/2 tsp oregano
1 tsp soy sauce or temari
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
In bowl, combine all ingredients except dough and mix well.
Separate crescent roll dough into 4 rectangles.
Firmly press perferations to seal.
Cut each rectangle into 2 squares. 8 squares in all.
Place 1/4 cup lentil mixture in center of each square.
Bring 4 corners together over filling and twist.
Place on ungreased cookie sheet and bake 14-18 minutes or until golden brown.
In bowl, combine all ingredients except dough and mix well.
Separate crescent roll dough into 4 rectangles.
Firmly press perferations to seal.
Cut each rectangle into 2 squares. 8 squares in all.
Place 1/4 cup lentil mixture in center of each square.
Bring 4 corners together over filling and twist.
Place on ungreased cookie sheet and bake 14-18 minutes or until golden brown.
To make this totally from the pantry, you could make biscuit dough instead of using crescent rolls! I’m going to have to try this – I have a surplus of lentils in the pantry, and a deficit of good lentil recipes.
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These are a great idea! It just so happens I made too many lentils the other night. I think I’ll try these. I don’t have any crescent rolls though. I wonder if a short crust dough would work. Hmmm.