Cheese and ham quesadillas

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A quesadilla is a dish in Mexican cuisine where cheese is placed on a cooking wheat or corn flour tortilla and then folded over and cooked until the cheese melts.

Quesadillas are similar to the dish from San Salvador; pupusas

Ingredients

• 4 flour tortillas
• 115g (4 oz) thinly sliced cooked ham
• 115g (4 oz) grated Emmental or Gruyere cheese
• 2 tablespoons double cream
• 1 tablespoon chopped gherkins or capers

Method

1. Mix the grated cheese and double cream
2. Roughly chop the ham and stir into the cheese mixture
3. Heat 1 tortilla in a large heavy based frying pan
4. Place a quarter of the mixture in the centre of the tortilla
5. Cook for a minute or two
6. Fold tortilla in half, flip it over and cook for another minute
7. Keep warm while you cook the remaining quesadillas

Serving suggestions

Serve with a salad or curtido

Variations

Add some chopped pickled Jalapeño chillies if you like it spicy

Chef's notes

Follow the RSPCA Think Pig Checklist to make sure that your pork has come from pigs that have been reared to higher welfare standards.

• http://bit.ly/rspcathinkpig