Greek Style Quesadillas Recipe 455 Food

GREEK QUESADILLAS

Steps:

• Cook onion in the olive oil in a large skillet until tender, 5-6 minutes.
• Add the garlic and heat until fragrant.
• Add the spinach and cook several minutes until the spinach starts to wilt.
• Drain the spinach on paper towels and allow to cool while preparing recipe.
• Mix feta cheese with cream cheese, ricotta, lemon juice, ground cumin, salt and pepper until smooth.
• Add the spinach to mixture, and stir to combine.
• Spoon 1/4 of mixture onto one side of a tortilla, leaving the other side bare.
• Do the same with the others.
• Heat 1-2 tsp butter in a large clean skillet and place tortilla in it, and when tortilla starts to warm, flip the bare side over onto the filled side using a spatula.
• When underside begins to turn golden, flip quesadilla, and brown the other side.
• Repeat with remaining tortillas, keeping finished quesadillas warm while you cook.
• You may cut the quesadillas into wedges if desired.
• Garnish with salsa if you wish.

GREEK-STYLE QUESADILLAS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Place garlic in small baking dish. Top with 2 tablespoons oil. Bake until tender, about 25 minutes. Cool.
• Combine cucumber, onion, vinegar, sesame seeds, oregano and 3 tablespoons oil in medium bowl. Let stand 30 minutes.
• Peel and chop garlic. Place in small bowl. Mix in cream cheese and all olives.
• Drain cucumber salad. Spread 1/4 of cream cheese mixture on cut side of each of 4 pita halves. Spoon 1/2 cup salad over each. Sprinkle both cheeses atop salad. Cover with remaining 4 pita halves.
• Heat medium skillet over medium heat. Butter sides of each pita. Working in batches, cook quesadillas in skillet until cheese melts, about 3 minutes per side. Garnish with peppers. Cut into wedges.

GREEK-STYLE QUESADILLAS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F
• Place garlic in small baking dish. Top with 2 tablespoons oil. Bake until tender, about 25 minutes. Cool.
• Combine cucumber, onion, vinegar, sesame seeds, oregano and 3 tablespoons oil in medium bowl. Let stand 30 minutes.
• Peel and chop garlic. Place in small bowl. Mix in cream cheese and all olives.
• Drain cucumber salad. Spread 1/4 of cream cheese mixture on cut side of each of 4 pita halves. Spoon 1/2 cup salad over each.
• Sprinkle both cheeses atop salad. Cover with remaining 4 pita halves.
• Heat medium skillet over medium heat. Butter sides of each pita. Working in batches, cook quesadillas in skillet until cheese melts, about 3 minutes per side. Garnish with peppers. Cut into wedges.