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Jack 'O Lantern Quesadillas with Chipotle-Maple Pumpkin and Black Beans
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A festive Halloween quesadilla appetizer! The filling is made with pumpkin, black beans, chipotle chili powder, maple syrup and queso fresco.
serves/makes:
ready in:
under 30 minutes
under 30 minutes
1 review
ingredients
2 cans (15 ounce size) black beans
1 can (15 ounce size) pumpkin puree
1/2 teaspoon chipotle chili powder
2 tablespoons maple syrup
salt and pepper, to taste
12 ounces crumbled queso fresco (can substitute another white, mild, melting cheese)
12 soft taco sized flour tortillas
vegetable oil
directions
Drain black beans in a colander and rinse in cold running water in a colander. Let drain while you prep pumpkin.
In a small bowl, mix pumpkin, chili, maple syrup, salt and pepper until combined and seasoned to taste.
Crumble (or grate if using other cheese) the queso fresco.
Preheat one or two griddles or non-stick fry pans over medium heat with a couple tablespoons of oil each, just enough to coat the bottom of the pan.
To assemble quesadillas, spread 2 1/2 tablespoons of pumpkin mixture on one tortilla. Top that with 2-3 tablespoons of black beans. Sprinkle evenly with two ounces of the cheese (about 1/4 cup). Top with second tortilla and place on hot griddle.
Cook over medium heat until side is golden brown and flip to other side. When second side is golden and cheese is melted, remove from heat. Repeat to make remaining quesadillas.
Optional: While second batch is cooling, using a sharp pairing knife, cut a jack-o-lantern-like eyes and mouth from the quesadilla and serve.
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reviews & comments
October 18, 2013
The pumpkin filling is delicious! Just the right blend of sweet and spicy. Cutting the pumpkin face out of the tortilla proved to be rather tricky once it was cooked so I improvised a little. I cut the face out of a tortilla and then put that on the griddle first. When it was browned I removed it and put the second tortilla in with the toppings on it and then placed the cooked tortilla (the cut out one) on top of that.