Quesadillas de Picadillo (Spiced Beef Quesadillas)
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Ingredients
- 400 g beef mince
- 4 large flour tortillas
- 120 g mature cheddar, grated
- 200 g tomatoes
- 1 onion
- 30 g green olives, pitted
Nutrition (per serving)
- Calories
- 594 kcal
- Protein
- 33.3 g
- Carbohydrate
- 40.3 g
- of which sugars
- 5.2 g
- Fat
- 32.7 g
- of which saturates
- 14.5 g
- Fibre
- 3.5 g
- Salt
- 2.14 g
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Method
- 1
Brown the beef mince with the onion until no pink remains.
- 2
Stir in the chopped tomatoes and green olives and simmer for 8 minutes until thickened.
- 3
Scatter the mature cheddar and beef mixture over half of each flour tortilla, then fold over.
- 4
Fry the folded quesadillas for 2 minutes a side until golden and the cheese has melted.
- 5
Cut into wedges to serve.
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