Shrimp quesadillas with nectarines recipe
Photo by Roberto Caruso
Take the season's ripest, juiciest nectarines to tasty new heights with this delicious seafood quesadilla.
Ingredients
2 tsp
canola
oil
450 g
frozen raw
shrimp
, thawed and peeled
1/2
red
onion
, thinly sliced
1
garlic clove
, minced
1
red
bell pepper
, thinly sliced
1 tsp
hot-red-chili-flakes
2
nectarines
, unpeeled, cut into thin wedges
1/2 cup
chopped fresh
cilantro
1 tbsp
lime juice
4
10-in.
tortillas
1 cup
shredded
cheddar
Instructions
HEAT a large non-stick pan over medium-high. Add 1 tsp oil, then shrimp. Cook until shrimp turns pink, about 1 min per side. Transfer to a medium bowl.
ADD remaining 1 tsp oil to same pan. Add onion and garlic. Cook until onion is soft, about 2 min. Add red pepper and chili flakes. Cook until peppers are tender-crisp, 1 to 2 min. Transfer mixture to bowl with shrimp and stir in nectarines, cilantro and lime juice.
WIPE pan clean and return to stovetop. Lay a tortilla in frying pan. Scatter a quarter of each shrimp mixture and cheese over half a tortilla. Fold tortilla to enclose filling. Cook until underside is golden, about 2 min. Then flip and continue until other side is golden, about 2 more min. Repeat with remaining tortillas and fillings.
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