This was our dinner last night. I found the recipe on one of the blogs I follow, Simply Recipes http://simplyrecipes.com. It was so delicious!!!! Lots of great ingredients and flavors, plus cheese!!!
Quesadilla Pie
When making this, be sure to brush butter on the bottom of the pie pan to keep the tortillas from sticking, and on the top of the last tortilla, for flavor and to help it brown. Hint: Do not skip the butter!
Ingredients:
Basic ingredients:
* 4 large flour tortillas (9-10 inches diameter)
* Butter
* 1/2 pound grated cheese, mild or sharp cheddar, Monterey Jack or Mexican blend
Potential filling ingredients:
* 1 can black beans, rinsed & drained
* 1 Tomato, chopped
* 1 can whole kernel corn
* Onions (green onions or red onions, diced)
* Sliced black olives, drained
* Cooked shredded chicken, pork, or beef (I didn't add this)
* Chiles, either from cooked green chiles or chopped pickled jalapenos
* Cumin, pepper and/or chili powder for extra flavor
Garnishes:
* Chopped avocado
* Chopped cilantro
* Thinly sliced iceberg lettuce
* Sour cream
* Salsa
Method:
1) Preheat oven to 350°. Butter the bottom and sides of a pie pan, approximately the same size as your tortillas (I used a 10-inch pyrex pie dish for 10-inch tortillas).
2) Place one tortilla on the bottom of the buttered pie pan. Sprinkle shredded cheese over the tortilla. At this point, begin to add filling ingredients, and layering the tortillas. Make sure each layer has a generous sprinkling of cheese. I used cheese, black beans, corn and green onion on the first layer. I added another tortilla on top of that with more cheese, chopped tomato, chopped pickled jalapenos and sliced black olives. I also sprinkled a little cumin, pepper and chili powder on this layer. I added another tortilla with more shredded cheese, more black beans, corn, tomatoes and onions. Top off your layers with one last flour tortilla. Spread a little butter over the top of this tortilla. I did not add any meat to this.
3) Cover the dish with aluminum foil. Put in oven for 40 minutes at 350°. Remove the foil and increase the heat to 400°. Bake for another 10 minutes, until the top is lightly browned. Remove from oven. Let cool 10 minutes before serving. Cut into quarters.
Serve with chopped avocados, shredded lettuce, cilantro, salsa, and/or sour cream.
Serves 4.




Comments: 22
Sounds fantastic!
Thanks for posting this wonderful recipe to Family Friendly Foods & Recipes.
WOW! It sounds so good, my mouth watered reading it. Thank you Marianne!
Well, doesn't that just sound delightful! I'm certain we'll be trying this, as I just hit the "print" button!
oh yum!
Looks great!
OMG, it's got all the good stuff! Sounds (and looks) awesome!
And tonite, we are having Tex Mex as well. I am trying a new RR recipe: Mexican lasagna made with chicken.
This sounds great, and my teen daughter, who recently became a vegetarian, will love it.
By the way, for anyone on Twitter, you can follow Simply Recipes there, where they provide links to all their recipes. Their username to follow is "recipeupdates".
That looks delicious! Great photos!
I'll skip this one...too many things all mixed together...and too difficult for me to pick out everything so I can eat each one sperately. I'm weird that way. Okay...so I'm just weird...period...in every way.
That's sounds great! Wish I had some right now.
oh that look so good
My husband loves mexican food I will try this
Thanks
This looks delicious, Marianne. It's very similar to my Mexican lasagna recipe. Great flavors and a party pleaser for sure! Elise's blog is one of the best!
yummy!
Mmmmm! Yummy. :)
Oh my, I think I would live this! Love your photos.
I haven't seen this on any diet plan. It's not on South Beach or in any of those frozen food boxes. So, you got something against diet foods? If so, good for you. I refuse to eat anything that has diet written on the product. You do make menus for your family so they can order and play Wii while you're in your magical kingdom (kitchen).
This does look yummy.
that sounds very good--who needs diet foods!
Let's start a movement and make sure every woman 18 years an older gets enough food to wear a halter top. Sorry, a PBS show said I think about something that is not a food item unless you're a female spider.
Oh man!!!!! What more can I say?!?! Tasty! Can I come eat at your house sometime? ; )
Thanks for posting this to my group "Eating While Broke"!!
I am hungry cos I love this