Chickpea Quesadillas with Cheese
Quesadillas de Garbanzos
Sometimes corn tortilla dough is mixed with other ingredients. Mashed chickpeas in the dough produces a softer, moister texture inside and gives the dough a slightly different flavor. The dough is made into quesadillas and fried until crisp and brown. These appetizers, common in Tlaxcala and Puebla, should be eaten within a few minutes after frying. You can find a tortilla press in some Mexican markets.
Ingrediënten
- ½ cup warm tap water
- ¼ cup canned chickpeas garbanzo beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 teaspoon chipotle salsa or adobo from canned chipotles
- 4 8-inch squares of plastic wrap to line tortilla press
- 8 ounces Oaxaca string cheese or other melting cheese, cut into thin strips, 1-inch long × 1⁄2-inch wide
- Vegetable oil for frying
Instructies
- In a medium bowl, mix the masa and water to a soft smooth dough.
- Mash the garbanzo beans to a coarse purée and mix with the masa dough.
- Add the chipotle salsa.
- Mix to a moist soft dough that does not stick to the hands.
- Just until the dough comes together, and is easy to manage, about 2 minutes.
- If sticky, add masa flour 1 tablespoon at a time.
- Form the dough into balls about large walnut size.
- Cover the balls with plastic wrap to prevent drying out.
- Lay 1 plastic square on the bottom of a tortilla press, and place 1 dough ball in the center of the press.
- Put another plastic square on top of the ball.
- Gently press the tortilla handle to make a 31⁄2-inch circle.
- Remove the top plastic square.
- Put a small thin slice of cheese on half of the dough circle and lift the bottom plastic square and fold over to enclose the cheese inside the dough in a half moon shape.
- Seal the edges.
- Remove the plastic and place on a plate.
- Repeat pressing each dough ball between 2 plastic squares, then filling, folding, and removing the plastic square.
- Heat oil to a depth of about ½ inch in a medium skillet.
- Fry each quesadilla in the hot oil until crisp and brown on both sides, about 2 to 3 minutes total.
- Drain on paper towels.
- Serve the quesadillas at once.
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