A tasty variation on quiche. A quick crust made from a crisp tortilla supports savory sausage and salsa enriched custard.
1 teaspoon vegetable oil
1 (10-in.) burrito-size flour tortilla
5 ounces longaniza-style sausage casing removed, crumbled
1/2 cup Salsa - Thick & Chunky (Medium)
5 large eggs
1/2 cup whipping cream or milk
1 cup shredded Monterey Jack
1 tablespoon chopped fresh cilantro
PREHEAT oven to 375degreesF (190degreesC).
HEAT vegetable oil in large skillet over medium-high heat. Place tortilla in skillet. Cook for 1 minute on each side or until golden and slightly crisp. Place tortilla on bottom of lightly greased 9-inch pie plate. Add chorizo to skillet; cook over medium-high heat, stirring frequently, for 3 to 4 minutes or until cooked through; drain. Spoon 1/2 cup salsa over tortilla; top with chorizo.
COMBINE eggs and cream in small bowl; add cheese and cilantro. Pour egg mixture over chorizo.
BAKE for 25 to 30 minutes or until knife inserted in center comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes on wire rack. Cut into wedges; serve with salsa.
Makes 6 servings.
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Baked curanto (serves 6)
Ingredients
10 large cabbage leaves,
6 potatos,
1 Kg. clams (almejas),
1 kg. mussels (choritos),
1/4 kg. piures,
1 kg. razor clams (machas),
300 gr. spicy sausage (longaniza),
1 kg. pork chop,
6 chicken legs,
3 corns-on-the-cob split into pieces
Salt,
1 onion chopped into pieces,
Aluminium foil,
1 kg. runner beans,
3 tablespoons oil for frying,
1 cup white wine.
Preparation:
Wash cabbage leaves and potatoes (unpeeled). Carefully wash clams, mussels, piures and razor clams. Cut sausage and pork chop into pieces, and chop onion into 6 parts. Fry chicken, pork and sausage. In a large baking dish, put together the curanto as follows:
Line baking dish with aluminium foil, leaving enough foil around the edges to cover the contents.
Put the cabbage leaves around the edge of the dish.
Place shellfish in dish, followed by potatos, runner beans, sweet-corn and meat.
Pour wine, mixed with salt, over the top and cover the whole lot with the cabbage leaves.
Close the foil tightly so as to form a kind of packet and bake in a medium oven for 45 to 60 mins. SERVE PIPING HOT.
Preparation time: 60 mins.
Cooking time: 60 mins.
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