Italian Beef and Roasted Red Pepper Quesadillas with Tomato and Basil Salsa
Cheese and beef ragu quesadillas.
Ingredients
- ½ recipe- Crock Pot Rustic Italian beef ragu recipe linked
- 1 cup- Mozzarella cheese shredded
- 2- Marinated Roasted Red Peppers sliced
- 16-20- fresh basil leaves
- 8- Flour Tortillas
For the Salsa
- 8-10 cloves- Sicilian style chilli spiced garlic if using fresh garlic use 2-3 cloves only
- 1 ½ cups- ripe cherry tomatoes
- 8-10- fresh basil leaves
- 1 tbsp.- olive oil I used oil from the jar with garlic
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Set your non-stick frying pan on the stove over medium heat.
- You can use a little olive oil for frying quesadillas or use dry pan if you want to reduce fat content.
- Lay your flour tortilla and spread ¼ cup of Italian Beef Ragu, scatter some sliced marinated roasted red peppers, shredded mozzarella cheese and fresh basil leaves and top with another tortilla.
- Cook on medium heat for 5 minutes on one side, then flip it and cook for 2- 3 minutes on the other side until the cheese is melted, the filling is heated through and the tortilla is toasted.
- Repeat until all filling and tortillas are used.
For the salsa
- Put garlic cloves, cherry tomatoes, fresh basil and olive oil with a pinch of salt in a food processor and pulse until smooth. Taste and add more salt if needed.
Nutrition
Calories: 461kcalCarbohydrates: 36gProtein: 22gFat: 25gSaturated Fat: 9gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 62mgSodium: 1467mgPotassium: 445mgFiber: 2gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 686IUVitamin C: 24mgCalcium: 244mgIron: 4mg
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