QUESADILLA WITH CHARGRILLED PEPPER, MUSHROOMS AND REFRIED BEANS
Ingredients
- 1 pepper
- de-seeded
- sliced
- 100g/3½oz chestnut mushrooms
- chopped
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 400g/14oz tinned kidney beans
- rinsed and drained
- 4 chestnut mushrooms
- chopped
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 2 fresh sage leaves (or pinch dried sage)
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 3 flour tortillas
Directions
- For the chargrilled pepper and mushrooms
- toss the pepper and mushrooms together in a bowl with the olive oil
- then season with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Heat a griddle pan until smoking
- add the pepper and mushrooms and fry for 3-4 minutes
- or until tender and charred on all sides. Set aside.
- For the refried beans
- place all of the beans ingredients into a mini food processor and blend to a smooth paste.
- For the quesadilla
- place one tortilla in a heated frying pan
- spread over half of the refried beans and scatter over half of the chargrilled pepper and mushrooms. Place another tortilla on top and spread over the remaining refried beans
- followed by the rest of the pepper and mushrooms. Finish with the third flour tortilla on top
- press down and cover with a lid. Cook over a medium heat for five minutes
- or until the bottom tortilla is golden-brown.
- To serve
- slide the quesadilla onto a serving plate and slice into wedges. Serve.

