8 6-inch flour tortillas
4 tablespoons vegetable oil
Filling
12 oz cooked wild mushrooms — cremini, oyster and shitake mushrooms work well
4 oz huitlacoche (corn fungus) — canned is fine
4 oz sautéed leeks
6 sprigs cilantro, finely chopped
12 oz Manchego cheese, grated
Combine all the filling ingredients in a bowl; add salt and pepper to taste. Lay 4 of the 8 tortillas on a flat surface and distribute the filling evenly. Cover each with another tortilla, forming a sandwich.
To cook the quesadillas
Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a nonstick sauté pan on medium heat for 2 minutes, or until the oil ‘shimmers’. Place a quesadilla gently into the pan. When it has browned on one side, gently flip with a spatula. By the time the other side is brown, the quesadilla will be heated through and the cheese will have begun to melt around the edges.
Posted: 12/23/2007 12:00:00 AM