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My husband was excited about trying out this recipe. We both had a lot of fun preparing it. Thus, the outcome was beyond satisfaction. Every ingredient of it had its distinguishable taste, including the sour cream and the garnish that neutralized the rich taste of butter and cheese! Savoured every bite to its bits!
Hema
It’s like this: I ❤ Tex-Mex.
I’ve always loved Mexican food (read: an excuse to douse food in salsa) and my food senses will always steer me in the direction of a Mexican restaurant when it’s that glorious time to do my favorite thing of all time which is called Go Out to Eat. Chips and salsa, enchiladas, chilaquiles, tostadas, and carnitas – more more more.
On the Mexican food spectrum, I can’t say my tastes are super refined or sophisticated. I food-thrive at both the totally authentic level and the overly Texified level. The freshest, spiciest Mexican food will, without a doubt, make my heart soar, but there is just something so wonderful about a predictably cheesy, golden brown quesadilla that makes me go WHEEEEE! Slash takes me back to 2005 and the snack bar in my college dorm building. Ruh roh.
Is there is anything authentically Mexican food-esquely about a very simple cheesy quesadilla? Better question: does it matter?
Quesa to the dilla.
Bjork and I have this weird lunch thing going on now that we work from home. Both of us. All day, together. WORKING FROM HOME. *head spins*
Bjork works in his little space in “the studio”, which could also be considered our completely unfinished and totally ant-infested basement. I work upstairs, in the aesthetically nice, bug-free, comfortable main floor of our home, because food blogger needs a kitchen, and husband needs wife to be on a different floor of the house. Something about overly excessive sharing of Buzzfeed Animal listicles and not being able to get any “real work” done. So at lunch time we reconvene to eat lunch together and share a few listicles with each other before parting ways back to our different levels of the house.
Le sigh. How romantical.
Or more like q-u-e-s-a-d-i-l-l-a romantical.
True romance for us right now is when you make smoked gouda mushroom quesadillas for two, and then you sit at the table together, and top the quesadillas with every topping imaginable and maybe inwardly critique the other’s topping choices but don’t say anything out loud, cause you’re romantic ❤, and then you choose not to talk in order to allow the space, time, and attention needed for devouring the plate full of sauteed veggies blanketed with a layer of smoky melted cheese all packaged up in a golden brown tortilla crust. Self-sacrifice, guys.
Sauteed mushrooms + peppers + smoked gouda + tortilla + toppings to the universe and back = true love.
Smoked Gouda Mushroom Quesadillas
- Total Time: 35 minutes
- Yield: 5 quesadillas 1x
Description
These Smoked Gouda Mushroom Quesadillas are deeeelicious! Creamy and melty, golden and crunchy, perfect for a quick vegetarian lunch.
Ingredients
- 1 yellow onion
- 2 bell peppers (I used red and yellow)
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 4 tablespoons butter, divided
- 16 ounces fresh sliced white mushrooms
- 1 1/4 cup shredded cheese (obvi, smoked gouda is my fave)
- 10 flour tortillas
- sour cream and cilantro and anything else for topping
Instructions
- Prep the peppers: Slice the onion and peppers into thin strips. Heat the olive oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium high heat; add the onions and saute for 3-5 minutes or until soft. Add the peppers and saute for 5 minutes until soft and roasty-looking on the outside. Transfer to a bowl.
- Prep the mushrooms: Wipe the skillet with a paper towel and return to the stove. Add 1 1/2 tablespoons butter and melt over medium low heat. Add the mushrooms and saute for 5-8 minutes or until golden brown. Toss in the bowl with the peppers and onions.
- Assemble and cook: Wipe the skillet with a paper towel (again) and return to the stove. For each quesadilla, melt 1/2 tablespoon butter in the skillet and layer these ingredients directly in the pan: 1 tortilla, 2 tablespoons cheese, 1/3 cup pepper mushroom mixture, 2 tablespoons cheese, 1 tortilla. By the time you’ve layered them, the bottom will probably be getting a little golden brown. Press the quesadilla together with the back of a spatula to help it stick and carefully flip it over in the skillet. I usually hold my hand on the top tortilla as I flip it to keep the filling from falling out. Let the quesadilla brown for another 2-3 minutes on the other side, just enough to turn golden brown and melt the cheese. Remove and cut into wedges (and repeat for the other quesadillas). Top with sour cream, cilantro or anything else you like!
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 20 mins
- Category: Lunch
- Cuisine: Mexican
Keywords: quesadillas, vegetarian recipe, mushrooms, mushroom quesadillas
Forgot my rating! 5 stars
So glad you enjoyed these quesadillas!
These were great! Why didn’t I think of this use for smoked gouda, which I adore? I’m used to doing a lot of prep work, so I didn’t even mind slicing all those veggies. I’ll be making this again and again. Thank you for the recipe!
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Excellent flavor. We added a little jalapeño.
Easy and delicious!
My husband was excited about trying out this recipe. We both had a lot of fun preparing it. Thus, the outcome was beyond satisfaction. Every ingredient of it had its distinguishable taste, including the sour cream and the garnish that neutralized the rich taste of butter and cheese! Savoured every bite to its bits!
Great, Hema!
This is so easy and looks so yummy! Would this work in a waffle iron so it doesn’t have to be flipped? Some waffle irons have a reverse plate that is flat so I’m thinking instead of me having veggies falling allover the floor…..LOL
Great idea, Sharon! Let us know how it works out. 🙂
Sounds delicious. Might add some chopped green chile if you really want a good quesadilla!
I made it for lunch today 🙂 everyone in the family loved it! Thank you for the recipe! 🙂
Lots of love from Croatia!
I love hearing that! Thanks for the comment Josipa!
Love it! Great for a vegetarian Mexican dinner. 🙂 curious though, simply because me and flipping things in frypans results in mess…could you pop it under the grill after the top tortilla was put on? Maybe…brush the top with melted butter first?
True love indeed! These sound wonderful.
Hey Lindsay,
as usual that another mouthwatering recipe.
And one more thing that I want to say that I have become a fan of your Photography 🙂 just love the images on your blog.
Thank you! Much appreciated!
These look amazing, just love quesadillas, anything Tex-Mex really! Can’t wait to try these 🙂 Your pictures are beautiful Lindsay!
it really looks to die for!
You had me at Smoked Gouda! Quesadillas are a favorite of mine and I just have to try these out.
Lucky you two working from home together. I love smoked cheese and am just wondering if a quesadilla like this might work well on a pizza stone on a barbecue to get really smoky. hmmm . may have to try that one out for a non weekday lunch! thanks for reminding me about quesadilla – it has been too long since I have made one!
Yum! Sounds awesome Nazima!
I love the addition of smoked gouda, I bet these were delicious!
Wow, this looks to die for! I love quesadillas too! I have to try this out, love the smoked gouda.
Oh & btw, I just recently purchased your Tasty Food Photography book and I’m LOVING IT! So many awesome tips – which I totally need to spruce up my blog! Thanks so much for your awesome recipes and all your amazing tips, to you and Bjork!
Love hearing that! Thanks Karen!
Smoked gouda mushroom qusadilla sounds amazingly perfect. I am going to scrounge up the ingedients and make this soon!
This look all kinds of amazing! Gouda is so good!
Ugh. It’s one of my all time favorite cheeses. Wait, they’re all my favorite. CHEESE.
Yup, tex-mex, authentic Mexican, southwestern, latin, whatever! It’s all good to me, especially when it concerns ‘dillas!
Love this easy lunch idea. Hubs and I both work from home, too, and DEFINITELY have to put ourselves into separate rooms!
omg that looks amazing!!
I just recently dropped my vegan status……So i am experimentting and loving all the new foods!! I love cheese, however never had gouda! it looks amazing but im scarrrrrrrrred 🙂
What is it like??
Wow – dropping the vegan status and running straight into the arms of Gouda cheese! it’s creamy, smoky (at least the smoked kind is), soft, and delicious.
I love smoked cheeses and these quesadillas look so delicious! Pretty much you can put anything into a tortilla, call it a quesadilla and I’m happy.
My husband is newly home all the time with me. It’s definitely a crazy change being together ALL the time. I’m still trying to figure out how to get things done with him home. 😀
I love the idea of steering away from my precious chicken and cheese! Also I’m laughing at the “This is why speed racing is illegal” comment above. Precisely! haha
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