Mexico
Cheese Quesadillas
Small wheat-flour tortillas filled with Cheddar, pan-cooked in a little melted butter until golden and melted through.
- Cuisine
- Mexican cuisine
- Meal type
- Main course
- Servings
- 2 servings
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Prep
- 10 min
- Cooking
- 12 min
- Total
- 22 min
Recipe
These are deliberately simple cheese quesadillas: small wheat-flour tortillas, grated Cheddar and a little melted butter for the non-stick pan. Nothing else is added to the filling.
Cut the cooked quesadillas into triangles and serve immediately.
Practical cooking
Ingredients
2 servings
Ingredients
- 8 pc small wheat-flour tortillas (25 g each)
- 160 g grated Cheddar
- 1 tbsp unsalted butter (melted, for lightly brushing the pan)
Nutrition per serving
- Energy
- 670 kcal2802 kJ
- Fat
- 39.8 g
- Saturated fat
- 21.7 g
- Carbohydrates
- 50.3 g
- Sugars
- 3.1 g
- Fibre
- 2.4 g
- Protein
- 28.0 g
- Salt
- 3.1 g
Calculated estimate. Actual values may vary depending on the ingredients used.
Cook flow
Instructions
Total: 22 min
- 1
Prepare the quesadillas
Grate the Cheddar
Grate the Cheddar and have the small wheat-flour tortillas and cheese ready for assembling.
Fill and close each quesadilla
For each quesadilla, distribute about 40 g of Cheddar over one small tortilla and cover it with a second tortilla.
- 2
Cook and cut
Heat and lightly brush the pan
Heat a large non-stick frying pan over medium heat, about 5 on a 9-level hob. Lightly brush the pan with the melted butter; do not brush the tortillas.
Cook until golden and melted
Cook the quesadillas until the underside is golden and the cheese begins to melt, about 2–3 minutes. Turn carefully and cook the other side until golden and the cheese is fully melted, about 1–2 minutes. Adjust for actual browning and melting.
Cut into triangles and serve
Cut the cooked quesadillas into triangles and serve immediately.
Refine
Tips and variations
Brush only the pan
Use the melted butter to lightly brush the pan, rather than brushing it over the tortillas.
Cut after cooking
Cutting each whole quesadilla into four wedges after the cheese has melted keeps the simple filling contained.
After cooking
Storage and serving
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