First things first Cresent Roll Pie Crust - Oh yeah baby!!!
1 glass pie dish (the one you would use for apple, cherry or whatever pie)
2 cresent rolls (use the oven setting and pre-heat oven now and when you pop pie in oven use the bake time for pie as well).
Layers cresents onto pie dish - making sure you cant see glass no more - it okay to go over dish and I will tell you why later (:
What you dont use on bottom will go on top of chili later - Just chillax
Making the chili
In Large flying pan (and I mean Large people) add the following
2 T of EVOO (extra virgin olive oil)
1 meduim onion chopped/diced to no recognition
4 cloves of garlic chopped or 3 T of garlic chopped (that can that you find in the produce aisle)
Cook these until onions are carmelized (golden brown - not burnt - geez)
OK the fun part:)
1 roll of sage or italian sausage or 16oz (1pd) of sausage. Roll works best because I cut and drop into pan as I go Making sure its cooked prior to adding Ground beef
1 pound (less/more) of ground beef - I like to use any ground less than 15% of fat _ Brown it - Cook it - Ecoli doesnt happen here - yikes
Now we are cooking - dip into some wine or choclate or BOTH
Add 1 pkg of standard chili mix!!! but I like Carroll Shellbys Original Chili Mix - I use only the chili part and sometime the Mesa flour. only need 1 T of mix and save the rest for another pie or three - yes you can make up to 3 more pies w/ Shellbys
add some water enough so it doesnt start burning up the kitchen - 3 T worth - or if you using packet pour water into pack and pour in pan (:
add 1 can of tomato sauce (medium size) and 1 can on tomato paste (small size)
add 1 or 2 cans of kidney beans -DRAIN/RINSED if you like me, dad and mom we like our beans so its 2 for us.
1 small can of corn (opinional) DRAINED ONLY
1 small can of diced green chilis or if you are so brave yes you are 2 real jalpanos diced-chopped w/o seeds.
1 head of Cilantro - leaves only chopped and diced
Okay time to pour this mess into cresent roll pie dish
smooth top and add the rest of cresent rolls - like you would for cherry pie leaving pie open to breathe
BAKE for 14 minutes at 375 (or whatever the cresent roll say) - when the top of crust is golden brown you know its done - I put dish on a cookie sheet just in case the chili wants to bubble out of pie dish - yes it does like to do that ): sad cleanup in oven might be needed...
ENJOY
