Monday, February 24, 2025

Quesadilla with Mini-corn Tortilla and Browned Cheese

My wife really liked the mini corn tortilla we got from Whole Foods (#1 in the composite picture). Using this tortilla, last time we made something resembling “taco carnitas”.  This time, we made something resembling quesadilla with a bit of a twist.  This was inspired  by a Youtube episode in which melted and browned cheese was transferred to tortillas which were made into quesadilla. Since we made a mochi and mushroom dishes using the melted and brown cheese, it was not too difficult to transfer the browed cheese to the tortillas (#2 in the composite picture) to make our quesadilla. I added more cheese and small dices of roasted/Bbqed pork we had. I served this with guacamole I made a quick salsa (the first picture). This was a bit messy to eat. We ended up using folk and knife. This was very good the tortilla has nice corn flavor. The browned cheese layers made it better.



This is not a recipe but just a note for ourselves to remember.

Ingredients (for two mini-quesadillas)
Two mini corn tortillas (#1 in composite)
Two slices of low-moisture mozzarella cheese
Three slices each of sharp cheddar and smoke gouda cheese, cut int small dice
3-4 slices of roasted pork, cut into small dice
Guacamole
Salsa, sour cream (optional)

Directions:
In a dry no-stick frying pan in low flame, add the slice of the mozzarella cheese.
The cheese will melt and bubble and edges start browning after a few minutes
Place the tortilla on the top of the melting cheese and let it cook for one more minute (the cheese needed to be uniformly browned but it is not easy to judge)
Flip it over and the brown crispy layer of the cheese is attached (#2 in the composite picture)
Place on half of pork and cheeses (#3 in the composite picture)
When the cheeses start melting, fold the tortilla with a small spatula and press  and hold (#4)
After one more minute, carefully flip over and cook other side for one more minute.



Top it with the guac (and sour cream if using)  and the side of  salsa. This was perfect lunch for us.


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