Quesadilla Pie
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Category
Dessert
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Cusine
Mexican and Tex Mex, TexMex
What do you need?
How to make?
Ingredients
4 large flour tortillas
Butter
1/2 pound grated cheese, either mild or sharp cheddar, or Monterey Jack
Beans, cooked
Tomatoes, chopped
Summer squash, chopped
Onions
Mushrooms
Cooked shredded chicken, pork, or beef
Chiles, either from cooked green chiles, chopped pickled jalapenos, or salsa
Cumin and/or chili powder for extra heat
Chopped avocado
Chopped cilantro
Thinly sliced iceberg lettuce dressed with vinegar and salt
Sour cream
Salsa
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Butter the bottoms and sides of a pie dish, approximately the same size as your tortillas .
Place one tortilla on the bottom of the pie dish. Sprinkle some shredded cheese over the tortilla. At this point, you will begin to add your chosen filling ingredients, and layering the tortillas. Just make sure each layer has a generous sprinkling of cheese.
In the pictured example, I used cheese, black beans, and onion greens on the first layer. Then I added another tortilla on top of that and put chopped zucchini, chopped tomato, chopped pickled jalapenos, and more shredded cheese.
I also sprinkled a little cumin and chili powder on this layer. I added another tortilla and put more shredded cheese, more black beans, tomatoes and onions.
Top off your layers with one last flour tortilla. Spread a little butter over the surface of this tortilla.
Cover the dish with aluminum foil. Put in oven for 30 minutes on 350 degrees F. Then remove the foil and increase the heat to 400 degrees F. Cook for another 15-20 minutes, until the top is lightly browned and cheese is bubbly.
Remove from oven. Let cool for 10 minutes before serving. Cut into quarters.
Serve with chopped avocados, shredded lettuce, cilantro, salsa, and/or sour cream.
