Ingredients
1 pound asparagus, trimmed
3 tablespoons olive oil (divided use)
Salt and pepper to taste
1 large red onion, cut crosswise into 1/2inch-thick slices and separated into rings
Eight 6- to 7-inch flour tortillas
l/2 pound pepper jack cheese, coarsely shredded
1/4 cup finely chopped fresh coriander
CUMIN LIME CREAM
1/2 cup sour cream
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon fresh lime juice
Directions
- To make quesadillas, preheat oven to 500 degrees.
- In a large shallow baking pan, toss asparagus with 1 1/4 teaspoons oil, and salt and pepper to taste, until coated well.
- In another large shallow baking pan, toss onion with 1 1/4 teaspoons oil until coated well.
- Roast vegetables in upper and lower thirds of oven, shaking pans occasionally and switching position of pans in oven halfway through baking, until tender and lightly browned, about 10 minutes.
- Cool vegetables and cut asparagus into 1/2-inch slices.
- Preheat broiler.
- Grease a large baking sheet.
- On sheet, arrange 4 tortillas in one layer and divide vegetables, pepper jack and coriander among them.
- Cover quesadillas with remaining 4 tortillas.
- Brush the top of the tortillas with the remaining 1/2 tablespoons oil and broil quesadillas about 3 inches from heat until golden brown, about 2 minutes.
- With a metal spatula, turn quesadillas over and broil until golden brown, about 2 minutes.
- Make cumin lime cream while quesadillas broil. In a small bowl, whisk together well cream ingredients.
- Cut quesadillas into wedges and serve with cumin lime cream.