Quesadilla with Tomato Sauce

Name: Quesadilla with Tomato Sauce
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 500 g ripe tomatoes; 2 onions; 2 Garlic cloves; 1 red chili pepper; 4 tbsp olive oil; 2 tsp Tomato paste; 50 ml red wine; 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar; Salt; sugar; 2 balls mozzarella; 1 handful basil; 8 tortilla sheets; 4 tbsp olive oil; 8 dried tomatoes (pickled in oil); Salt; pepper (ground)

Prep: 15min

| Servings: 4 | Cook: 10min

Quesadilla with tomato sauce is a recipe featuring fresh ingredients from the fruit-vegetable category. Try this and other recipes from Spoonsparrow!

Ingredients

500 g ripe tomatoes
2 onions
2 Garlic cloves
1 red chili pepper
4 tbsp olive oil
2 tsp Tomato paste
50 ml red wine
2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
Salt
sugar
2 balls mozzarella
1 handful basil
8 tortilla sheets
4 tbsp olive oil
8 dried tomatoes (pickled in oil)
Salt
pepper (ground)

Instructions

1.
Wash the tomatoes, score them crosswise, blanch in boiling water, cool, peel, quarter, deseed and dice.
2.
Peel and finely dice the onions and garlic cloves. Wash the chili pepper(s), remove seeds and white membranes, and chop finely as well.
3.
Heat oil in a large pot and sauté the chili with onions and garlic in hot oil, stir in tomato paste and deglaze with red wine. Then add tomatoes and simmer for about 10 minutes while stirring. Finish by adding balsamic vinegar and season with salt and sugar.