Nigella Lawson Easy Quesadillas

Submitted by Lisa1

"I saw Nigella Lawson make this on "Nigella Express" this morning and so I made for lunch as a side with tomato soup. Great base recipe I will use again and again."

 

• Ready In: 12mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 1

ingredients

• 1 soft flour tortilla
• 1 ounce thinly sliced cured ham
• 3 slices green pickled jalapeno peppers, coin-sized slices, chopped
• 1⁄4 cup grated cheese
• 1 scallion, finely sliced
• 3 fresh cilantro leaves
• 1 teaspoon olive oil (not extra-virgin)
• salsa, of your choice

directions

1. Preheat a grill pan over medium-high heat.
2. Place ham on the tortilla.
3. Over 1/2 only, sprinkle the chopped pickled jalapeno, the grated cheese and the chopped scallion. Scatter over the cilantro leaves.
4. Carefully fold the tortilla wrap in half, (fold the untopped half over the cheese so you have a fat half moon).
5. Carefully brush each side with the oil before putting it on the hot grill pan; grill for a minute each side.
6. Transfer the tortilla to a board or plate and cut into 3 triangles. Eat with some salsa on the side.
7. Feel free to play with the fillings as you wish.

Reviews

[Boomette]

This is so yummy. For my son I had to made it very simple with just the ham and cheese. But for us I added the jalapeno. Because of DH I had to left out the scallion. Thanks Lisa :) Made for the Best of 2010 cookbook tag game

 

[flower7]

This is a great quesadilla! I made as posted except I don't care much for cilantro so I used fresh parsley. For the cheese I used Monterey Jack. Since I don't have a grill pan I just used a large non-stick skillet. Served with Recipe #266159 instead of salsa and each one complimented the other perfectly and became a sum greater than the whole. Thanks so much for posting!