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Crab Quesadillas with Mango Salsa

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Crab Quesadillas with Mango Salsa — a recipe imported from the Wikibooks Cookbook.

Ingredients

  • 2 cups fresh mango, diced fine
  • 1 cup plum tomato, diced fine
  • ¼ cup sweet red pepper, minced
  • 3 tbsp fresh lime juice
  • 1 tbsp fresh cilantro, chopped fine
  • 1 lb. lump crabmeat
  • 1 package of 6-inch round flour tortillas
  • 1 medium green bell pepper, cut into thin strips
  • 1 medium red bell pepper, cut into thin strips
  • ½ ea. red onion, cut into strips
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 8 oz mascarpone cheese
  • ¼ tsp cayenne pepper
  • ¼ cup cilantro, finely chopped
  • 1 cup Monterey Jack cheese, shredded
  • Cooking spray or vegetable oil

Instructions

  1. 1
    Combine all ingredients together.
  2. 2
    Chill for at least 2 hours before serving.
  3. 3
    Preheat the oven to 450 °F (230 °C).
  4. 4
    Heat the olive oil in a frying pan. To that, add the onions and peppers. Cook for about 5 minutes or until onions are translucent.
  5. 5
    Meanwhile, sift through the crab meat and remove any shell fragments. Stir into the crab the marscapone cheese, cayenne pepper, and cilantro. Mix well.
  6. 6
    Spray half of the tortillas with cooking spray. Lay them flat (sprayed side down) on baking sheets.
  7. 7
    Add equal portions of the crab meat and then equal portions of the onions and peppers. Sprinkle with the Monterey Jack cheese.
  8. 8
    Place the remaining tortillas on top and spray with cooking spray.
  9. 9
    Bake for about 10 minutes or until golden in color.
  10. 10
    After removing from the oven, allow to sit for a minute. Then, cut each tortilla into quarters.
  11. 11
    Serve with mango salsa (recipe follows).
Category
Appetizers
Method
Baking
Cuisine
Mexican

Dietary Information

Halal

Recipe Attribution

Wikibooks Cookbook
en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Crab_Quesadillas_with_Mango_Salsa