Yam And Cotija Cheese Quesadillas

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 2 large yams or 2 large sweet potatoes
• 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 2 red onions, julienned
• 4 tablespoons honey
• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 2 limes, juice of
• 1 teaspoon salt (to taste)
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper (to taste)
• 4 corn tortillas or 4 flour tortillas
• 1 1/3 cups grated cotija cheese

Recipe

• 1 wash yams, cut a slit lengthwise on each yam; and microwave about 5 to 7 minutes or until done.
• 2 heat oil in a medium saucepan, add onions with a pinch of salt and saute, stirring occasionally, until golden brown and carmelized, about 20 to 25 minutes.
• 3 peel yams (now cooled down) and place in a mixing bowl, add honey, butter, lime juice, salt and pepper to taste; mash with a potato masher.
• 4 toast tortilla in a dry cast-iron fry pan or comal.
• 5 to assemble quesadillas, lay toasted tortilla on a work surface, spread a layer of mashed yam over the surface, top with carmelized onions, and garnish with grated cotija cheese.
• 6 just before serving, heat assembled quesadillas in the microwave, until warm.
• 7 serve.