Blue Cheese and Pear Quesadillas with Mango Salsa
Servings: 6 servings
Ingredients
For the Quesadillas
- 6 oz blue cheese like Maytag blue
- 12 flour tortillas
- 1 pear ripe, cut in thin slices
- 12 whole dried apricots diced
- ½ cup red onion diced
- canola oil
- 3 tablespoons honey
For the Mango Salsa
- 1 mango ripe and peeled, cut in small dice
- 1 small jalapeno cut in small dice
- ¼ cup red onion cut in small dice
- ½ lime zested & juiced
- 3 tablespoons fresh cilantro finely chopped
- salt & pepper to taste
Instructions
For the Quesadillas
- Take one tortilla spread the softened blue cheese taking care not to spread to the edges.
- Place pears, diced apricots, and red onion on top of cheese, top with an other tortilla.
- Over medium heat, in a nonstick skillet add a little canola oil to cover the bottom of pan. Place the quesadilla in the pan cook for 5 to 10 minutes or until golden, flip over cook other side.
- Remove from pan drizzle with honey top with mango salsa and serve.
For the Mango Salsa
- Mix all ingredients in a small bowl season with salt and pepper to taste.