Roasted Garlic and Carnitas Quesadillas
- 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 2 large heads garlic
- 3 flour tortillas, recipe follows
- 1 cup carnitas, recipe follows, slightly warmed, or at room temperature
- 6 tablespoons grated Anejo cheese
- Green Chile Paste, recipe follows
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
- Drizzle 1 teaspoon of the olive oil over each head of garlic and then wrap in aluminum foil.
- Place on a cookie sheet and bake 1 hour 15 minutes, or until soft throughout.
- Set aside to cool.
- Reduce the oven temperature to 300 degrees.
- When the garlic is cool enough to handle, slice each head in half across the width and squeeze the roasted garlic paste into a bowl, discarding the skins.
- Lay the tortillas out on a counter and, with a spatula, spread a thin, even layer of garlic paste over the entire surface of each one.
- Divide the carnitas in thirds and spread over the bottom half of each tortilla.
- Sprinkle with the cheese.
- Fold over the top half to enclose the filling.
- Brush the top sides with the remaining 2 teaspoons of oil.
- Heat a griddle or dry cast iron skillet over medium-high heat.
- Place a stuffed tortilla, oiled side down, in the pan and toast about a minute on each side, just to heat through.
- Keep warm on a tray in the oven while finishing the rest.
- Cut into wedges and serve immediately with the Green Chile Paste.
olive oil, garlic, flour tortillas, carnitas, cheese, green chile paste
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/roasted-garlic-and-carnitas-quesadillas-recipe.html (may not work)