Queso Fundido

12 ingredients
4 steps

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup pumpkin seeds, green and unroasted
  • 1 -2 leaf epazote (optional)
  • 1 garlic clove, roasted and peeled
  • 4 tomatillos
  • 1 leaf romaine lettuce
  • 8 sprigs cilantro
  • 1 poblano chile, roasted, peeled and seeded
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1/4 cup chicken stock (or broth)
  • salt
  • 12 ounces goat cheese (or farmer's cheese or queso fresco)
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil

Directions

  1. 1
    In a skillet, dry roast the pumpkin seeds for 5 minutes or until they finish popping. Let cool.
  2. 2
    Combine pumpkin seeds in a blender with the epazote, garlic, tomatilllos, lettuce, cilantro, poblano, 1 tablespoon olive oil, stock and salt and puree.
  3. 3
    Cut cheese into 4 slices and put a slice in each of 4 gratin dishes. Brush tops of cheese with 2 tablespoons olive oil and then place under the broiler and broil until brown and bubbly (5 minutes).
  4. 4
    Pour pumpkin pesto around the cheese and serve with tortilla chips (it is pretty with the colored chips).

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