Quesadilla with turkey and pesto

Quesadilla, which is the national Mexican fast food, It is also popular in the USA, where it competes with sandwiches. AT american cuisine quesadillas are usually stuffed in mexican but if you remain adherents of the Southwest cuisine, and this cuisine called the Texan-Mexican, then you can focus on US national product and go beyond Mexican cuisine. AT In this recipe, spicy fried ground turkey mince, mozzarella and green pesto. Share with друзьями: AT ремя: 1 час. 25 minutes Difficulty: easy Servings: 6 Measured containers are used in recipes volume: 1 cup (st.) – 240 ml. 3/4 cup (st.) – 180 ml. 1/2 cups (st.) – 120 ml. 1/3 cup (st.) – 80 ml. 1/4 cup (Art.) – 60 ml. 1 tablespoon (tbsp.) – 15 ml. 1 teaspoon (tsp) – 5 ml.

Ingredients for the recipe:

Quesadilla

• 12 wheat tortillas with a diameter of 25 cm.
• 900 gr. minced sausage from turkey, see recipe below
• 700 gr. grated mozzarella
• 3/4 Art. fried red bell pepper
• 1 tbsp. pesto with basil, see recipe below

Turkey sausage stuffing

• 2/3 Art. chicken broth
• 60 gr chipotle (smoked red jalapeno peppers) in sauce adobo
• 900 gr. ground turkey
• 1 tbsp. l ground sage
• 1 tbsp. l dried oregano
• 1 tbsp. l ground cumin
• 3 tbsp. l salt
• 2 tbsp. l ground black pepper

Pesto with basil

• 1 tbsp. fresh basil leaves
• 1/2 tbsp. olive oil
• 1/2 tbsp. pecans or pine nuts
• 1/4 Art. grated parmesan
• 1 tbsp. l salt

Recipes with similar ingredients: tortilla, turkey, mozzarella, Parmesan cheese, sweet pepper, chipotle pepper in adobo sauce, sage, oregano, cumin, pecans, pine nuts, basil

Recipe preparation:

1. Put the wheat tortillas on the table. 6 cakes will be top part of the sandwich, and 6 – the bottom. Spread the sausage evenly minced turkey on 6 lower tortillas. Sprinkle 115 g on top. cheese Mozzarella. Slice the fried bell peppers into strips and place 5-6 strips on top of each other. Then spread each of the remaining 6 wheat tortillas, which will serve as the upper, thin pesto with basil and press them firmly to the bottom quesadillas.
2. Preheat the grill to a low temperature. Put the quesadillas grill and fry for about 5 minutes. before traces from the grill to golden brown. Inside quesadilla should become warm and the cheese should melt. When is Quesadilla will be ready, remove it from the grill, cut into 6 triangular pieces and serve with your favorite salsa sauce. Pesto with basil: put basil and olive oil in a food processor and mix to uniformity. Then add pecans, parmesan and salt. Continue mixing until smooth, adding olive oil over as necessary to achieve a uniform consistency.

3. Turkey sausage stuffing

   Place chicken stock and chipotle with adobo sauce in a blender and smooth until smooth for about 1 minute. Вin a large skillet over medium-high heat, start frying the minced meat from turkey. Then add the pureed chipotle and fry for about 10-15 minutes, until the meat is crumbly and completely fried. At the end of cooking, add sage, oregano, cumin, salt and pepper. Chill minced meat before stuffing tortillas.