Smoked Gouda & Caramelized Onion Quesadillas
Recipe: #35679
September 14, 2020
Categories: Cheese, Appetizers Onions, Oven Bake, No Eggs, Hot Appetizers, more
"These are really good quesadillas with gouda, caramelized onions, and prosciutto. They can be assembled ahead of time, and then baked when you're ready."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (86.7 g)
- Calories 219.5
- Total Fat - 14.2 g
- Saturated Fat - 8.5 g
- Cholesterol - 41.2 mg
- Sodium - 369.2 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 13 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1.5 g
- Sugars - 3.2 g
- Protein - 10.8 g
- Calcium - 278.2 mg
- Iron - 0.4 mg
- Vitamin C - 1.4 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Melt 2 tablespoons butter in heavy medium skillet over medium heat.
Step 2
Add onion, brown sugar and vinegar; saute until onion is golden brown, stirring frequently, about 25 minutes. Remove from heat. Cool to room temperature.
Step 3
Preheat oven to 350ºF. Sprinkle cheese over half of each tortilla, dividing equally. Sprinkle prosciutto and sauteed onion over cheese. Season with pepper. Fold other half of each tortilla over cheese mixture. Brush tortillas with some of melted butter.
Step 4
Brush heavy large skillet with some of melted butter. Place over medium-high heat.
Step 5
Working in batches, cook quesadillas just until brown spots appear, brushing skillet with butter between batches, about 2 minutes per side. Transfer quesadillas to heavy large baking sheet.
Step 6
Bake until tortillas are golden and cheese melts, about 5 minutes.
Step 7
Transfer quesadillas to work surface.
Step 8
Cut each into 6 triangles. Arrange on platter and serve hot.
Tips
No special items needed.