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    Three Cheese Quesadillas


    Source of Recipe


    Miraval

    List of Ingredients




    1 tablespoon crumbled feta cheese
    1 tablespoon crumbled blue cheese
    1/4 cup grated mozzarella cheese
    1/2 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil
    1 seeded and diced chile poblano or pasilla
    1 seeded and diced jalapeno
    1 garlic clove minced
    1/2 tomato, diced
    1 chopped green onion
    1/2 cup chopped zucchini
    1 teaspoon chopped fresh oregano
    2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
    3 large wrap tortilla (12 inch)

    1/2 cup edamole (recipe follows)

    ½ cup three chili salsa (recipe follows)



    Recipe



    In a mixing bowl combine the three cheeses, cover and refrigerate until ready to use.

    Heat a sauté pan over medium heat and lightly coat the bottom of the pan with the olive oil. Add the poblano, jalapeno, garlic, tomato, green onion, zucchini and oregano. Sauté for 2 minutes. Fold in the cilantro. Remove from heat.


    Heat a large sauté pan over medium high heat add one tortilla cook 5 seconds turn over and sprinkle 2 tablespoons of the mixed cheeses and 2 tablespoons of sautéed vegetables on one side of tortilla ( in a half moon). Fold the tortilla over the filling and toast on each side for 1-2 minutes or until the cheese has melted. Remove the pan and repeat with remaining tortillas.

    Cut each quesadilla into 8 pieces. Serve with edamole and three chili salsa







    Edamole Dip

    By Chef Bill Wavrin @ Miraval Life in Balance®


    1/2 c shelled edamame (fresh soybeans) fresh or frozen
    1/2 c peeled broccoli stalks
    1 avocado, peeled and stoned, mashed in a medium bowl
    1 chopped green onion
    1/4 cup diced red onion
    1 garlic clove, minced
    1/2 jalapeno, minced
    1 lime, juiced
    1 medium tomato, diced
    2 tablespoons minced fresh cilantro
    Sea salt to taste

    Heat 2 cups of water in a small saucepan. Add the edamame and simmer for 2 minutes or until soft. Drain the beans and set aside to cool. Repeat with the broccoli spears steam until soft about 5 minutes. Drain and set aside to cool


    In a food processor puree the edamame and broccoli stems until smooth. Stir into the mashed avocado. Add remaining ingredients. Season to taste to with salt.



    Three Chili Salsa


    1/2 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil
    1/2 onion, chopped
    1 chile del arbol
    2 chile anchos, seeded and stemmed
    1 chile pasillo, seeded and stemmed
    10 tomatillos, husks removed
    1/2 cup water
    2 garlic cloves
    1/4 teaspoons ground cumin
    2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
    Sea salt to taste



    Heat a medium sauté pan over medium heat. Add the olive oil to lightly coat the bottom of the pan. Add the onion and chilies. Cook to toast the chilies about 3 minutes. Remove chilies from pan and add the tomatillos, water and garlic. Cook for 15 minutes to soften the tomatillos.



    Place the tomatillos, chilies, cumin and cilantro into a blender. Pulse 10 seconds until salsa is chunky. Season to taste with salt.




 

 

 


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