Taco Ring (From Pampered Chef)

By AnitaD

From www.food.com website
Makes 16 rolls but you can't eat just one!

Ingredients

• 1 lb lean ground beef
• 1 (1 1/4 ounce) package taco seasoning mix
• 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese (4 ounces)
• 2 tablespoons water
• 2 (8 ounce) packages refrigerated crescent dinner rolls
• 1 medium bell pepper
• 1 cup salsa
• 3 cups lettuce, shredded
• 1 medium tomato
• 1/4 cup onion, chopped (optional)
• 1/2 cup pitted ripe black olives (optional)
• Sour cream (optional)

Preparation

Step 1

1 Cook ground beef in large skillet over medium heat 7-9 minutes or until beef is no longer pink; drain.
2 Remove pan from heat.
3 Stir in taco seasoning mix, cheese and water.
4 Preheat oven to 375°F.
5 Unroll crescent dough; separate into triangles.
6 Arrange triangles in a circle on Classic Round Pizza Stone with wide ends overlapping in center and points toward outside. (There should be a 5 inch diameter opening in center.)

Pampered Chef pizza stone was used, but any flat round pan should work--perhaps even a pizza sheet, but spray it with Pam before adding the crescent rolls.

7 Scoop meat mixture evenly onto widest end of each triangles up over filling and tuck under wide ends of dough at center of ring. (Filling will not be completely covered).
8 Bake at 20-25 minutes or until golden brown.
9 Shred lettuce and chop tomato, onion, olives, and bell pepper (if desired).
10 If you want to do something fancy, scoop out a bell pepper and fill with salsa and put into center of ring.
11 Add your toppings to top of ring and finish with more shredded cheese and sour cream.