We had a hectic week. One of those weeks of 'no time to go
grocery shopping' and meals consisting of throwing together what ever was on
hand.
First Helen and I were going to try to make some, Costco
like, chicken bakes. I have been wanting to do that for a while. We were a bit
lazy so were planning on using some puff pastry for the bread portion. That was
coming together until I opened the vacuum sealed chicken. The smell was really
bad. So we had to change horses in mid-stream.
We had the toppings to make a pizza, but didn't have any
pizza dough, so we decided to make a pizza burrito. We had a couple of GIANT frozen tortillas, purchased from
Pennisi Cuisine* in Woolloongabba.
Filled the tortillas with pepperoni, three kinds of cheese
and some pizza sauce**. Tossed it in the oven and then in a big fry pan. It was
really good. So we had a pizza using Mexican Bread.
The Italian burrito was so good we thought; hey why not a
Mexican pizza for tomorrow night’s dinner. I made some pizza dough**. Defrosted some of our Mexican mince meat, and away we went.
We rolled out the dough, thinly covered with some refried
pinto beans, a little salsa on top of that, Then spread the Mexican mince and
added Monterrey Jack Cheese***. This is not the first time we did this but the
result was great.
A few days later we still had the Mexican mince in the
fridge, along with some pizza dough, and the cheese. So we decided to make a
(similar to a Costco Chicken Bake) a burrito bake. I rolled out the dough into
a rectangle, put on the Mexican mince, spooned on some black beans and topped with
the Monterrey Jack and some sharp Cheddar . Helen rolled the dough around the
filling like a hot pocket. Brushed on a milk wash and grated a little Parmesan
cheese on top and put in the oven. They were great and we will be making again.
This week’s blending of Italian cooking and Mexican cooking
deserved a place on the menu at the United Nations.
*** Monterrey Jack Cheese - Available at Costco or use any
mild immature cheddar,
try Colby cheese
by Devondale. It melts similar to Monterrey Jack.
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