Wild Mushroom Quesadillas
Updated May 31, 2024

- Total Time
- 30 minutes
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Ingredients
- 4tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1pound chanterelles, black trumpet or other wild mushrooms (or substitute oyster, crimini or clamshell mushrooms; do not use shiitake), roughly chopped
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- ½ cup minced yellow onion
- 4ounces grated Oaxaca or domestic Muenster cheese
- 4ounces grated panela or aged mozzarella cheese
- 4ounces grated cotija or Parmesan cheese
- ⅓cup finely chopped cilantro leaves
- ½ teaspoon dried oregano
- Pinch of ground coriander
- 88-inch flour or corn tortillas, preferably homemade (see recipe)
Preparation
- Step 1
Place a medium sauté pan over medium-high heat and add 2 tablespoons vegetable oil. When oil shimmers, add mushrooms and a generous pinch of salt. Sauté until mushrooms release their liquid, liquid evaporates and mushrooms begin to brown, about 10 minutes.
- Step 2
Add onions. Sauté, adjusting heat as necessary, until onions are soft and entire mixture is golden brown but not burned, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and allow to cool slightly.
- Step 3
Using a food processor or a knife, finely chop mushroom-onion mixture, then transfer to a large bowl. Add grated cheeses, cilantro, oregano and coriander. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Step 4
Place a large nonstick or well-seasoned skillet over medium heat, and add remaining 2 tablespoons vegetable oil. While pan heats, place a large spoonful of mushroom-cheese mixture into center of a tortilla, and fold tortilla in half to make a half-moon. Place filled tortilla in preheated skillet and cook, turning once, until tortilla is nicely browned on both sides and cheese is melted. Repeat to make 8 filled tortillas. Serve immediately.
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I'm confused -- as far as I can tell panela is a brown cane sugar (two spanish grocery stores that I went to said so, and this was confirmed in Wikipedia). What is intended? It is obviously some sort of cheese . . . can someone help me?
These are delicious but I think that the delicate wild mushrooms were lost in all the other ingredients. Will probably just use portobello or crimini next time and save a few bucks.
When I assemble the quesadillas, I fold them and then lightly brush vegetable oil directly on the quesadilla and then heat that side. When ready to flip, I then brush oil on the other side. Makes them nice and evenly crispy with less oil.
Just a warning - when I got to the checkout I discovered chanterelles were $49.99 per pound. Will update later if it was worth it!!
This is delicious! I mixed wild mushrooms with cremini and agree, maybe you can’t taste the wild mushrooms. But the mushroom with cheese flavor is nice. I love coriander, so added more. 1/2 cup scoop for mushroom mixture worked well. Made 7 quesadillas.
This was just okay for me. Not seasoned enough even though I thought I added a fair amount of salt. And the cheeses were just not what I wanted in a quesadilla. Might just be a palate difference for me even though I love mushrooms and quesadillas this was a bit underwhelming.
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