Simple Corn and Bean Tortilla Pies

"I love anything Mexican and whilst this is not traditional Mexican fare it has a Mexican aura about it. Found in a recipe magazine I bought a while back, it was a hit with the whole family and like all my recipes easy to prepare! I used corn tortillas but any will work fine. The recipe says to use pie dishes but I made these in jumbo muffin pans, there was just a little extra tortilla poking out the top."
 
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Ready In:
40mins
Ingredients:
9
Serves:
8
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ingredients

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directions

  • Preheat oven to 180°C.
  • Lightly grease eight 8cm pie dishes (or muffin pans) Place on baking trays.
  • Combine beans, corn, capsicum and coriander.
  • Gently press warmed tortilla into dishes. (Careful as they will tear easily) Fill with bean mixture.
  • Whisk together eggs, cream & milk, season with black pepper.
  • Pour egg mixture evenly into dishes and sprinkle with cheese.
  • Bake for 20-25 minutes until golden.

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Reviews

  1. Easy and fun - it is very quiche like. I couldn't find Mexican chili beans, so I used kidney beans seasoned with chili powder, cumin, and cayenne pepper. Thanks for sharing!
     
  2. We really enjoyed these. I used chili beans that have some seasoning in them. I also used frozen corn which I defrosted first. I don't have jumbo muffin pans so I cut the corn tortillas using a very large glass as a template. Worked perfectly. My tortillas did crack a little when putting them in the muffin tins but they still held the filling together. I got 12 pies from this and had a little of the bean/corn mixture left over. I am going to try freezing a couple to see how they freeze and reheat. Thanks for a great recipe!
     
  3. We had this for dinner last evening and my middle son enjoyed polishing off what was left. We topped these with a choice of three different salsas and it was very good. I did have a struggle with my corn tortillas tearing, even after heating so I switched out to my flour tortillas. They worked better, but still tore a time or two. I will try this again, maybe my tortillas weren't the freshest in town. Anyways, this was really good and could lend itself to many more flavors, kinda a whatever floats your boat kind of mini quiche when you use muffin tins, which I had to use. We will repeat this in the future I'm sure! Thanks so much! ZWT 3-Summer '07
     
  4. I used ranch style beans and drained them for this recipe. I felt the recipe needs a few more seasonings to jazz things up, but then we are spicy lovers. I would add things like green chilies, onions, black olives, cumin, and/or garlic next time. The recipe has lots of room to create the perfect flavor to fit any family. I used glass ramikens to bake these and the amounts in the recipe fit perfectly! I loved the corn tortillas for the shells. I microwaved the 8 for one minute to make them pliable. They molded beautifully without cracking and baked up into a crispy crust. Great idea! Made for ZWT 3 freezer challenge. I tried these as part of the ZWT3 freezer challenge.
     
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Melbourne I live on a 5 acre property in the Dandenong Ranges Victoria, Australia, having moved from the burbs when I became pregnant with my now 15 year old daughter Alyssa. Once my daughter was born I became a stay at home mum as I couldn't bear the thought of putting her in daycare. She is the light of my life, I never imagined myself as a mum when younger but now wouldn't have it any other way. Alyssa was made a big sister on the 19th April 2010 when our cheeky little boy Blake was born. I love cooking and experimenting with new recipes so quickly become addicted to Zaar as it was previously known & still use it regularly. In addition to being my kids taxi :lol: I also spend my time, reading, gardening and of course shopping. I'm lucky enough that we have the space & so love growing our own fruits, vegies & herbs, this also means we have plenty of room for animals & at the moment have 2 dogs, Max, a Jackshund who's 6, Fletcher, a Kelpie who's 4, 6 cats Snowpea, Fergus, Ginger, Tango, Annie & Cookie, 4 chooks & 2 Ducks. As well as our pets, we also have a lot of native animals around our area, we have kangaroos, wombats, echidna's, possums as well as rosella's, galah's & Cockatoo's hence the name of where I live..
 
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