Well-Fried Beans

Directions

1. 1
   Needs a 10 inch frying pan.
2. 2
   Heat the lard and fry the onion, without browning, until it is soft.
3. 3
   Add 1 cup of the beans and their broth to the pan and mash them well over a very high flame, with a bean masher or wooden potato masher.
4. 4
   Add the rest of the beans gradually, mashing them all the time, until you have a course puree.
5. 5
   When the puree begins to dry out and sizzle at the edges, it will start to come away from the surface of the pan.
6. 6
   As you let it continue cooking, tip the pan from side to side.
7. 7
   The puree will form itself into a loose roll.
8. 8
   This will take from 15 to 20 minutes.
9. 9
   Tip the roll, rather like folding an omelet, onto the serving dish and garnish with the cheese.
10. 10
    Spike it with the crisp triangles of tortillas.
11. 11
    Decorate.