Recipe: Little Cottage Enchiladas
Summary: Cottage and Cheddar Cheese Enchiladas With Green Sauce
Ingredients
- 2 cups grated cheddar cheese
- 1 cup low-fat or nonfat cottage cheese
- 1/2 teaspoon thyme leaves
- 1/2 teaspoon marjoram leaves
- 1/2 teaspoon oregano leaves
- “Green Sauce Ingredients”
- 1/2 cup water
- 3 large outer leaves romaine lettuce
- 4-oz. can diced chiles, drained
- 1 tablespoon melted butter
Instructions
- Set aside 1 cup of the grated cheese and the combine the “Main Ingredients”.
- For green sauce, liquify first 3 “Green Sauce ingredients” in blender; then simmer for 3 minutes in the melted butter.
- Pour 2/3 of the sauce in baking dish and distribute evenly over the bottom (use a baking dish in which 6 rolled and filled tortillas will fit in a single layer).
- Heat tortillas in ungreased frying pan over moderate heat:
- Fill each tortilla with 1/3-cup cheese mixture, roll up, and place in baking dish with edges tucked underneath.
- Pour remaining sauce over tortillas and top with: Remaining cup grated cheddar cheese
- Bake uncovered at 400° for 15-20 minutes until heated through and cheese melts.
Preparation time: 10 minute(s)
Cooking time: 25 minute(s)
Number of servings (yield): 4
Culinary tradition: Mexican
