by Millie Bentley
Greetings. Here’s a good recipe to serve with a salad for a simple lunch, or as a side dish when you are serving fajitas and Mexican rice.
Tortilla Casserole
1 onion, chopped coarsely
1 clove garlic, chopped finely or minced
1 teaspoon oregano leaves
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 16 oz. can stewed tomatoes or about 3 large tomatoes, chopped
½ cup half and half
½ cup heavy cream (whipping) cream
¼ to ½ cup grated Parmesan cheese
Salt and pepper to taste
10, 6” tortillas
¾ cup grated Monterey cheese
Sauté onion, garlic, and oregano in the olive oil in a large skillet or large sauce pan until onions are limp but not brown (about 3 minutes). Add tomatoes and cook about another 4 minutes. Stir in cream, half and half, Parmesan cheese; cut tortillas into strips about ½” wide: stir them into tomato mixture. Add salt and pepper to taste. Pour into a buttered 1 quart casserole dish and bake for about 30 minutes in a 350˚ oven. Remove fish from oven, sprinkle with the Monterey Jack cheese; return dish to oven and bake another 4 minutes or so. Until the cheese is melted. Service with:
Mexican Rice
1 cup long grain rice
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 onion, cut into eights
1 fresh jalapeno, seeded and cut into strips
½ teaspoon salt
1 can 8 oz. El Pato Mexican Hot Sauce (or use 1 8 oz. can tomato sauce to which has been added ½ teaspoon cumin and ½ teaspoon chili powder)
1 ¼ cups water or chicken broth
Sauté rice and onion in olive oil in a large skillet with a tight fitting lid or in a large saucepan with lid. When rice is toasted looking, add remaining ingredients, bring to a boil, stir, lower heat, cover pan and cook over low heat 20 minutes. Do not remove lid during cooking.
Until next time, vaya con Dios, Amigos.
