Aztec Crepes

11 ingredients
10 steps

Ingredients

  • 12 already cooked crepes
  • 2 medium onions, thinly sliced
  • 12 cup butter
  • 4 garlic cloves, finely diced
  • 12 squash blossoms, without pistils (about 2 bouquets)
  • 1 (1 lb) can cuitlacoche, chopped (greyish-black corn fungus)
  • 1 bunch epazote leaves, chopped (what you can pick up with 5 fingers)
  • 1 cup prepared hollandaise sauce
  • 12 cup canned red bell pepper (chopped or sliced)
  • 1 cup manchego cheese, shredded (or your favorite melty-bubbly cheese)
  • salt and pepper

Directions

  1. 1
    Melt half of the butter in a cooking pan or skillet and saute one sliced onion and 2 diced garlic cloves until transparent.
  2. 2
    Add the chopped huitlacoche, seasoning the mixture with salt, pepper and half of epazote.
  3. 3
    Set apart.
  4. 4
    In another skillet melt rest of butter and saute the remaining onion and garlic.
  5. 5
    Add clean squash blossoms (stem and petals, no center parts) and simmer seasoning with salt, pepper and remaining half of epazote leaves.
  6. 6
    Fill half of crepes with squash blossoms preparation and the other half with the huitlacoche preparation.
  7. 7
    Place on a greased baking dish.
  8. 8
    Top with hollandaise sauce and shredded cheese.
  9. 9
    Broil until cheese melts and gets a golden crust.
  10. 10
    Garnish with chopped or sliced red bell pepper.

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