Ingredients
- 2 strips bacon
- 1/2 onion, peeled and thinly sliced
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- 1/2 cup half-and-half
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
- 6 or 7 flour tortillas, 6 inches in diameter
- 1/2 cup Gruyère cheese, grated
Directions
- In a skillet over medium heat, fry bacon and crumble once cooled. Set aside. Sauté onion in the bacon grease until limp and yellow.
- In a separate bowl, combine eggs, half-and-half, salt, and cumin, and mix thoroughly.
- Lightly grease a large frying pan with the leftover bacon grease and begin heating. Meanwhile, on a clean work surface, sprinkle some bacon crumbs onto a tortilla. Add some onion on top. Add a thin layer of cheese on top of that. Take more cheese and make a ring around the edge of the tortilla to act as a retaining wall for the egg custard. (The layer of bacon, onions, and cheese should be approximately as thick as a tortilla. Too many ingredients inside the quesadilla will make it difficult to cook completely.)
- Pour a thin layer of the egg mixture over the other ingredients. Place a second tortilla on top.
- When the pan is hot, place a filled quesadilla in it. Fry over high heat, 90 seconds per side. (The tortilla should acquire some brown marks as a result.) Slice the first quesadilla in half and assess if the interior is cooked. Use this information to adjust cooking time or pan heat for the remaining quesadillas.
- Cut into quarters to serve. Note: If you have any leftover quesadilla filling, add it to one side of a seventh tortilla. Fold the tortilla over and pan-fry it to make a taco.
Sometimes, all it takes is the whiff of a familiar food to propel us back to our younger years and the meals we enjoyed. Many of us can recall a favorite stew, meat, or casserole dish we had again and again when we were a child, or maybe just a certain ingredient our household frequently used that opens the door to myriad memories. The following are a few of my favorite nostalgic recipes to warm you up during cold weather. And whether you have a host of passed-down recipes of your own or not, there’s no time like the present to start creating beloved meals to enjoy for years to come.
Chicken Noodle Casserole From Scratch
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Chris Colby is an avid gardener who lives in Bastrop, Texas, with his wife and their cats. His academic background is in biology, but his main interest is in brewing beer.
