This is a great dish because you can add just about any reasonable ingredient to it and it comes out fabulous.
Must-have Ingredients:
4 large flour tortillas
1/2 lb. shredded cheese (cheddar, Mexican blend or Pepper Jack)
Possible Ingredients:
Beans, cooked (black, pinto)
Tomatoes, chopped
Onions (green, red, white, yellow)
Corn
Squash, chopped or shredded
Pork, chicken or beef-cooked and shredded
Rice (plain or Mexican) already cooked
Chiles
Cumin
Chili Powder
Cilantro
Garnishes:
Avocado
Salsa
Sour Cream
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Butter bottom and sides of a pie dish that is about the same size as your tortillas.
Place one tortilla on the bottom of the pie dish.
Next add 1/3 the ingredients that you have chosen to add to your quesadilla pie. (Note: all layers don’t have to be the same.) Make sure you put cheese in all of the layers though.
Place a tortilla on top of the first layer and add another 1/3 of the pie fillings. Top that layer with a tortilla, add more fillings and then place the last tortilla on top.
Spread a little butter on top of the last tortilla. Don’t skip this step. 🙂
Cover the dish with aluminum foil and cook for 30 minutes. Then remove aluminum foil, turn oven up to 400 degrees and cook for another 15 minutes.
Remove from oven and let the pie set for about ten minutes before you cut into it.
Did I change anything? One thing we always have with this is a concoction of salsa and sour cream mixed together that we use as a dip for these. Yummo!!!
What does the family think? Hubby and I really like these. The kids are inclined to eat anything that involves sour cream. 🙂
Recipe from Simply Recipes