Baleada

Baleada, not traditionally mexican nor is it traditionally spanish, it actually is a combination of the two cultures that has some kicking flavours going on...

I thought I would try this recipe, many of us know how to make tacos, nachos, burritos, quesadillas and enchiladas, but no one really talks about baleada and I would like to make it known because it is actually a combination of everything in one and tastes amazingly good. 

Baleada is classified typically under street food in Honduras where it was invented. You get simple baleada that just have refried beans and cheese or you can have a really special one that has sausage, eggs, beans and all the other goodies too. (The pic above shows one with chicken mince on the right and one without on the left). Really easy to make, if you want to use a burrito you can or you can follow my wheat tortilla recipe below, it is meant to be thicker than a burrito because you are required to hold it in your hand and eat it.

So here we go.... :) there are a few more ingredients then the normal but all really worth it.

Ingredients: - 

For the Wheat Tortilla (you can use store bought burrito if you like, the pic above is the wheat tortilla I made) 

1 cup plain flour 

1 TBLS Sunflower Oil  

Hot water to form the dough

For the filling

1 Tomato finely chopped

1 Onion finely chopped

Char grilled peppers 2 - 4 strips finely chopped

Coriander to garnish

Lemon and Limes

Eggs (1 per Baleada) 

Cheddar cheese

Cottage Cheese

Refried beans (which you should cook with onions, tomato and paprika to make it quite thick, once cooked mash slightly so it is easier to spread)

* optional Chorizo or any sausage (I used chicken mince, cooked with onion, garlic, cumin, sweet paprika, chilli flakes and salt for this recipe) 

hot sauce

Method: -

For the tortilla

Mix all the ingredients together to form a soft dough. Divide into golf ball size and start to roll to form tortillas you may require some flour for dusting to roll out. You can fry this in a really hot non stick pan, do not add any oil, simply fry in a dry pan. 

Mix the onion, tomato and pepper together, season with salt and squeeze lemon and limes over this and mix together and leave aside until you are ready to serve. 

Cook the eggs as required per tortilla. To assemble spread the refried beans onto the bottom of the tortilla and add all the ingredients (cottage cheese, mince or sausages, coriander) too and fold in half to serve. serve with a lemon and lime and garnish with coriander.