Fiesta Crepes en Casserole Recipe

Fiesta Crepes en Casserole Recipe

  • 2 pounds ground beef (85 percent lean)
  • Cornmeal Crepes
  • 1/2 cup finely chopped onion
  • 1/2 cup finely chopped celery
  • 1 (15 ounce) can cream style corn
  • 2 (8 ounce) cans tomato sauce
  • 1 (1.25 ounce) package taco seasoning mix
  • 1 cup Cheddar cheese
  • 1/3 cup sliced ripe olives
  • Cornmeal Crepes:
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1/2 cup yellow cornmeal
  • 1 1/2 cups milk
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 dash salt
  • Vegetable oil
  1. Prepare Cornmeal Crepes: Combine flour and cornmeal; stir in milk, eggs and salt. Beat with rotary beater until smooth. For each crepe, pour 1/4 cup batter into hot, lightly oiled crepe pan or small frying pan; tilt pan or small frying pan to coat bottom evenly. Cook over medium heat until top is dull and underside is golden brown. Turn; cook 10 to 15 seconds.
  2. Brown ground beef, onion and celery in a large frying pan; pour off drippings. Stir in corn. Combine tomato sauce and taco seasoning mix, stirring to blend.
  3. Add 1 1/3 cups tomato sauce mixture onto each crepe and roll enclose filling. Spread remaining meat mixture in 13 x 9-inch baking dish. Place crepes, seam side down, on top of meat mixture. Spoon remaining tomato sauce over crepes.
  4. Bake in 375 degree oven 20 minutes. Sprinkle with cheese and top with olives. 10 servings.