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All time favourite Melted Cheese and Ham Quesadillas

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These quesadillas are spread with mango chutney, layered with very thin ham and sprinkled with grated cheese and sliced spring onion. Cooking them on a griddle pan produces the stripes and also heats the insides to create a warm and oozy, melted filling that is, quite honestly, simple but delicious.

Ingredients

Scale

For each person, you'll need -

  • 2 large tortillas
  • About a tablespoon of mango chutney
  • Enough thinly sliced ham to cover 1 large tortilla (roughly)
  • A handful of grated cheese
  • 1 spring onion sliced
  • A little olive oil for brushing the tortillas

Instructions

  1. Spread a large tortilla with a thin layer of mango chutney.
  2. Cover half of the tortilla with ham - there is no need to be neat or too precise.
  3. Now sprinkle grated cheese and chopped spring onions over the ham.
  4. Fold over the tortilla and repeat until you've made as many as you need.
  5. When you are ready to cook the quesadillas, brush them lightly on each side with olive oil.
  6. Heat up a griddle pan and, when it is hot, place the oiled tortilla on the hot pan - you will probably be able to fit two at a time. Press down with a spatula (this makes sure that the filling melts properly + it guarantees those stripes) and turn over when nicely browned, repeating on the other side.
  7. Transfer to a chopping board and cut each folded tortilla into 2 or 3 pieces.

Notes

  • Don't be tempted to overfill the quesadillas. If you do, the outside gets burned before the centre is melted.
  • If you don't have a griddle you can use a heavy based frying pan instead (although there will obviously be no iconic stripes).
  • Still on the subject of stripes, you get the most defined stripes if you resist the temptation to move the cooking tortilla around in the pan.
  • When I have prepared too many, I have sometimes frozen them uncooked. It works well.
  • When the tortilla is cooked and has been transferred to a chopping board allow it to cool for a minute or so before cutting. If you rush, it's much harder to cut without the filling oozing out.

Keywords: easy, family, midweek, casual

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