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Creamy Crab Quesadillas with Pear and Mango Salsa
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Today I made creamy crab quesadillas with pear and mango salsa for the monthly "#capsicanacookoff"
Filling
To make the creamy crab filling, I used a tin of Costco fancy crab meat that I had in the fridge and mixed it with 1/2 a container of Philadelphia cream cheese, adding the equivalent of 2 cloves of garlic - I used puree, powder or minced fresh garlic would also work. Add a finely diced medium red onion, and fresh coriander to taste. After I mixed up the filling I added some grated cheddar and mozzarella to the mix until I had a nice thick consistency that was still spreadable. Salt and pepper to taste, I didn't think it needed it!
Salsa
I had a fresh pear from the tree in the garden, and I thought it would taste nice in a salsa. So at the supermarket I picked up some mango, six mixed chilli peppers (including a scotch bonnet!). All of the chillies, another small red onion and 1/2 dozen cherry tomatoes were finely chopped and spritzed with lime juice and loads of fresh finely chopped coriander was added.
Cooking
Take a flour tortilla, microwave it for 15 seconds to make it soft and pliable. Place the tortilla on a plate, then fill with the cream cheese mixture, fold in half. Fry on medium heat one at a time in an lightly oiled skillet until the tortilla is just brown and the filling gets melted, flipping as required but at least once.
Serve on a plate with sour cream garnish, loads of the salsa, and a bit more fresh coriander and pomegranate seeds. Margaritas to drink along with the quesadillas optional but recommended!
Links
Clueless WTF Sauce (2nd batch)
Since I was unable to attend the Bath Chilli Festival I was determined to make another batch of chilli sauce. After my experiment was reasonably successful last time I tried to capture the recipe as I went along for the latest batch. I was hoping for a higher yield (more sauce) but 36 chillies only makes a small hot-sauce sized bottle. Guess if I want to make more next time I'll need to double the recipe or figure out a better way to get the liquid out of the mash.