Photo: John Autry; Styling: Cindy Barr
2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
5 ounces pork or turkey Italian sausage, casings removed
4 cups chopped spinach*
1 tablespoon minced fresh garlic
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
4 (6-inch) whole-wheat tortillas
1/4 cup (1 ounce) mozzarella cheese*
1/8 cup feta or goat cheese*
1. Preheat oven to 400°.
2. Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add 1 tablespoon oil to pan; swirl to coat. Add Italian sausage, and cook for 5 minutes or until browned, stirring to crumble. Drain the sausage, and return to pan. Add spinach, garlic, and black pepper; cook 2 minutes or until spinach wilts, stirring frequently.
3. Brush remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil over a jelly-roll pan; arrange the tortillas in a single layer on pan. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon cheese evenly over each tortilla; top each with about 2/3 cup sausage mixture. Bake at 400° for 3 minutes or until cheese begins to melt. Remove from oven, and carefully fold each tortilla in half, pressing to close. Bake them an additional 10 minutes, turning after 5 minutes.
*The recipe originally called for escarole, not spinach, and for fontina cheese. My grocery store doesn't carry escarole, so I replaced it with spinach. You could also use swiss chard. Fontina cheese is quite pricy, so I replaced it with mozzarella and a little feta or goat cheese.
These quesadillas are yummy! Enjoy!
From Cooking Light
2. Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add 1 tablespoon oil to pan; swirl to coat. Add Italian sausage, and cook for 5 minutes or until browned, stirring to crumble. Drain the sausage, and return to pan. Add spinach, garlic, and black pepper; cook 2 minutes or until spinach wilts, stirring frequently.
3. Brush remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil over a jelly-roll pan; arrange the tortillas in a single layer on pan. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon cheese evenly over each tortilla; top each with about 2/3 cup sausage mixture. Bake at 400° for 3 minutes or until cheese begins to melt. Remove from oven, and carefully fold each tortilla in half, pressing to close. Bake them an additional 10 minutes, turning after 5 minutes.
*The recipe originally called for escarole, not spinach, and for fontina cheese. My grocery store doesn't carry escarole, so I replaced it with spinach. You could also use swiss chard. Fontina cheese is quite pricy, so I replaced it with mozzarella and a little feta or goat cheese.
These quesadillas are yummy! Enjoy!
From Cooking Light
This looks delicious! Thanks for posting I'm printing this as I type :)
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