Caramel Quesadillas Food

CARAMEL APPLE QUESADILLA

Steps:

• Melt 2 tablespoons butter in large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add apples and sauté until beginning to soften. Add the sugars, nutmeg and cinnamon and cook until soft and caramelized, about 5 minutes more. Remove from heat.
• Assemble quesadilla. Spread caramel sauce over one tortilla. Top with cooked apples and the second tortilla.
• Wipe skillet clean and melt remaining butter over medium heat. Add quesadilla and cook, flipping halfway through, until golden on both sides, about 2 minutes per side. Immediately coat both sides in cinnamon-sugar. Serve warm with ice cream.

CARAMEL APPLE QUESADILLAS

Steps:

• Peel, core and thinly slice apples.
• Place in a pan with 1 tablespoon of water, cover and cook until just soft, stirring occasionally.
• Combine sugar and cinnamon in small bowl.
• Melt butter in large skillet over medium-low heat and heat each tortilla until golden.
• Sprinkle heated side of tortilla with cinnamon-sugar mixture and keep warm.
• Place tortilla uncooked-side-up on cutting board and top with cooked apples.
• Fold over and cut in half.
• Place on serving plate.
• Drizzle with caramel topping and top with whipped cream and almonds.
• Note:.
• If you are using your quesadillas maker omit the butter.
• Add sugar and cinnamon to the cooked apples and sandwich between to tortillas.
• Cook until lightly brown cut and serve.

CARAMEL APPLE PIE QUESADILLA

Steps:

• Mix brown sugar, 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon, and nutmeg together in a small bowl.
• Melt 1 Tbl. butter in saute pan, add apple and sugar/cinnamon/nutmeg mix, stir and saute over medium heat for two minutes.
• Remove from heat and place in small bowl.
• Brush one side of each tortilla with the second Tbl. butter.
• Mix the white sugar and 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon and sprinkle on the buttered side of both tortillas.
• Heat saute pan over medium heat.
• When hot add one tortilla, buttered& sugared side down.
• Top with apple mix and drizzle with ice cream topping.
• Place second tortilla on top, buttered/sugared side up.
• Saute for 1-2 minutes, until browned and crisp.
• Flip and saute for another 1-2 minutes.
• Remove from pan and place on plate, top with ice cream, if desired, and enjoy apple heaven!

CARAMEL APPLE QUESADILLAS

Steps:

• Cimbine sugar and cinnamon in small bowl.
• Melt butter in large skillet over medium-low heat; heat each tortilla on one side for 3 minutes or until golden.
• Sprinkle heated side of tortilla with cinnamon-sugar mixture; keep warm.
• Place tortilla; uncooked side up on cutting board; top with escalloped apples.
• Fold over; cut in half.
• Place on serving plate.
• Drizzle with caramel topping; top with whipped cream and almonds, if desired.

BANANA QUESADILLAS

Steps:

• In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the cream cheese until smooth.
• Add the sugar and bananas, continue to beat until smooth.
• Spread 1/4 cup of the filling over half of each tortilla.
• Fold the other half over the filling and press slightly.
• Place on a large plate and cover with plastic wrap.
• Refrigerate until the filling sets, about 30 minutes.
• In a large saute pan, over medium heat, melt 1 tablespoon of the butter.
• Pan-fry the tortillas in batches, 3 at a time, until golden on each side, about 2 minutes per side.
• Repeat the above process with the remaining butter and filled tortillas.
• To serve, slice each filled tortilla into thirds.
• Arrange the slices in the center of each serving plate.
• Spoon a 1/4 cup of the warm caramel sauce over each plate.
• Peel the bananas and slice 1/4-inch thick.
• Garnish each plate with the sliced bananas and whipped cream, if desired.

CARAMEL APPLE QUESADILLAS

Steps:

• Chop apples coarsely; toss with lemon juice, sugar and cinnamon in a large bowl.
• Combine cream cheese and powdered sugar in a separate large bowl. Set aside.
• Heat 1 tbsp butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Saute apples and pecans about 5 minutes or until apples are tender. Remove from heat and stir into cream cheese mixture. Return skillet to heat.
• Melt 1 tsp butter in skillet; tilt skillet to spread butter. Place 1 tortilla in skillet; turn to coat both sides. Heat tortilla 30-60 seconds, turning as needed to prevent burning, until torilla is slightly crispy. Remove skillet from heat. Spoon 1/6 apple-cream cheese mixture (about 1/3 cup) down center of tortilla. Fold tortilla in half. Press lightly with spatula to close. Place quesadilla on a baking sheet in a low oven, uncovered, to keep warm.
• Repeat step #4 to make 5 more quesadillas. Reduce heat under skillet to Medium or move skillet on and off heat, as needed, to prevent burning.
• Serve quesadillas warm and drizzled with caramel topping.