Honduran Baleadas

I love Mexican Quesedillas and this Honduran version is a delicious variation on that type of meal! Homemade tortillas filled with refried beans, sour cream and feta cheese - yummy! And the tortillas are surprisingly easy! I have included the overall recipe and then below is the recipes for the tortillas and homemade refried beans!

Taste - ****
Speed - **
Repeat - Yes!

Assemble Baleadas
adapted from whats4eats

serves 2
1 x quantity of refried beans
4 tortillas
Sour Cream
70-80g feta cheese

1. Scatter 1/4 of the refried beans over one half of a wrap, scatter with 1/4 of the feta and drizzle with sour cream. Fold over and repeat with other 3 tortillas
2. Enjoy!


Homemade Flour Tortillas
adapted from whats4eats

makes 4 
1 cup plain flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
Pinch of salt
1/2-3/4 cup of milk
1 1/2 tbsp vegetable oil

1. Combine dry ingredients in a bowl
2. Stir in 1/4 cup milk
3. Add oil
4. Continue to ad rest of milk until you have a smooth but not sticky dough (I used just over 1/2 cup in total)
5. On a floured surface, knead dough until smooth
6. Leave to rest for 30 minutes
7. Weigh dough and divide into 4 equal sized pieces
8. Roll out very thinly (as thin as you can! - about 1/16")
9. Heat a frying pan (dry). Add tortilla and cook for about a minute on each side until puffed and browning
10. Repeat for all tortillas



Refried Beans 
recipe adapted from Good Food
serves 2
1/4 onion , finely chopped
1/2 garlic clove , finely chopped
1/4 tsp cumin seeds
200g kidney beans , rinsed and drained
1/4 tsp smoked paprika

1. Fry the onion and garlic until softened
2. Add the cumin seeds
3. Add the kidney beans, paprika and a splash of water and heat through
4. Using a potato masher, mash the bean mixture whilst it is still in the pan until you have a rough puree
(If you prefer your food spicier, up the paprika here!)

Love Rebecca


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