Quesadilla

Name: Quesadilla
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: Serves 1
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 100 g refried beans; 25 g meltable cheese such as Gruyère or Cheddar, grated; 25 g meltable cheese such as Gruyère or Cheddar, grated; 25 g meltable cheese such as Gruyère or Cheddar, grated; 1 spring onion, finely chopped; small handful of coriander, chopped; 1 large tortilla or wrap; 1 large tortilla or wrap; 1 tsp sunflower oil

Preparation info

Serves
1

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
10 min

Appears in

Eat Bike Cook

By Kitty Pemberton-Platt

Published 2021

About

You can customise this versatile Mexican grilled cheese by adding anything you fancy, from pesto to mango chutney. Here, the refried beans add a wonderful texture and make it just a bit more substantial. The half-moon shape holds the filling neatly and also fits conveniently in a jersey back pocket.

Ingredients

1 tsp sunflower oil
1 large tortilla or wrap
25 g

Americas
Mexico
Central America
Breakfast
Vegetarian

Method

Gently heat the sunflower oil in a heavy-based frying pan big enough to hold the tortilla.

Place the tortilla in the frying pan and heat it for about 30 seconds on each side, until it is warm. While still in the pan, scatter half the cheese, then the beans, coriander and spring onion and finally the remaining cheese over half of the tortilla. Fold the empty half over the filling and gen