Yam and Cotija Cheese Quesadillas
- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Yields:
-
4 quesadillas
- Serves:
- 4
ingredients
- 2 large yams or 2 large sweet potatoes
- 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 2 red onions, julienned
- 4 tablespoons honey
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 2 limes, juice of
- 1 teaspoon salt (to taste)
- 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper (to taste)
- 4 corn tortillas or 4 flour tortillas
- 1 1⁄3 cups grated Cotija cheese
directions
- Wash yams, cut a slit lengthwise on each yam; and microwave about 5 to 7 minutes or until done.
- Heat oil in a medium saucepan, add onions with a pinch of salt and saute, stirring occasionally, until golden brown and carmelized, about 20 to 25 minutes.
- Peel yams (now cooled down) and place in a mixing bowl, add honey, butter, lime juice, salt and pepper to taste; mash with a potato masher.
- Toast tortilla in a dry cast-iron fry pan or comal.
- To assemble quesadillas, lay toasted tortilla on a work surface, spread a layer of mashed yam over the surface, top with carmelized onions, and garnish with grated cotija cheese.
- Just before serving, heat assembled quesadillas in the microwave, until warm.
- Serve.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
lynnski LA
Los Angeles, CA
I live in a wooded hillside area of Los Angeles where it feels like being out in the country. I grew up in Rhode Island, and came to LA after graduating from URI. I recently retired from my job as an environmental specialist. So now I have time to collect internet recipes. My hobbies & interests are aquatics, shell collecting, my cats, feeding stray cats, home improvement projects and cooking.
I love to travel and, years ago, lived in Mexico for several months. My favorite cookbooks are the ones written by Diana Kennedy; they are all great; and I have them all, some signed by her when I was enrolled in her cooking classes. I have a lot of cookbooks; some of my other fave authors and their books are: Madhur Jaffrey (especially World Vegetarian, World of East Vegetarian Cooking and A Taste of the Far East), Faye Levy, Martha Rose Shulman (especially Mediterranean Light, Provencal Light and Mexican Light) and Paula Wolfert.