Tortilla Chicken Lasagne, cheesy corn cobs and smoked paprika
I used a round ceramic dish about the same size as my tortillas. This helped them stay upright and pie like. You could use a cake tin if you don't have a ceramic dish. You could also use gluten free tortillas.
Ingredients
- 1 packet tortillas packet 8 flour or corn tortillas x 8' or 20cm
- 500 gm chicken thigh fillet chopped into small pieces
- 60 ml olive oil
- 1 Tablespoon dried oregano
- 3 Tablespoons ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon ground coriander
- 2 tablespoons sesame seeds
- 2 teaspoons smoked paprika available at delis and food stores
- 1 onion chopped
- 1 clove garlic
- 400 gm black beans (black turtle beans- any size drained)1 can
- 20 gm achiote paste - 1 tablespoon
- 2 tablespoons chipotle chilli approx 2 Tablespoons
- 3 rashes of bacon chopped and some sauce, approx 1 cup
- 750 ml tomato passata puree, approx 3 cups
- 250 gm Cheese Grated however much you want but set some cheese aside for the top.
Topping
- 125 ml cream (1/2 cup)
- 2 cups tomato passata
Cheesy Corn
- 3 ears corn cut1/2 (1x 1/2 corn ear per person)
- 150 gm Cheese fine grated ( the smallest grate on your grater)1 extra cup
- 125 gm lime mayonnaise 1/2
- 1 tsp smoked paprika for sprinkling
Instructions
- Set the oven to 180 F/ 350 F
Tomato Cream sauce Topping
- Put the cream and the topping passata into a pot and simmer till reduced by a bit over a half. Season with a little salt and pepper. Set aside
The Lasagne
- Heat a medium sized pot or fry pan with high sides and add 2 Tablespoon olive oil, bacon and the chicken and cook stirring until it turn white and is just starting to cook. Add onion, garlic, spices and herbs and stir till fragrant and the onions have softened.
- Add the beans and tomato puree / passata. Add the achiote paste mixed with 1 tablespoon of boiling water and break it down before adding to the tomato sauce.
- Turn the sauce to low and simmer . The chicken is cooked and the sauce is starting to reduce a bit. Turn off. This will take about 10 minutes on low
- Put a little sauce at the bottom of your pie dish and put a tortilla down. Continue with all of the tortilla's and sauce till they are all used, adding some grated cheese to alternate layers as you go. There may not be a great deal of sauce on the layers, just enough for flavour. Finish with a tortilla.
- Cover with the tomato cream sauce by pouring it over the tortilla lasagne ( you may not need all of it depending on the size of the dish you are using).
- Sprinkle with the reserved cheese. Tent very lightly with foil, with out touching the cheese. Bake for 20 minutes then remove the foil and bake till bubbling, about another 10 minutes.
The Corn
- Serve with steamed corn. Just before serving spread with mayonnaise onto the serving side of each piece of corn sprinkle well with grated cheese and smoked paprika.
Notes
The tomato sauce doesn't need to be reduced right down or you will not have enough sauce for the 9 layers.
Just a bit of sauce on each layer is enough.
Don't skip the cheese between layers
The tomato cream sauce should be reduced enough so that it becomes easy to pour over the top of the pie and stay there.
Don't forget to set aside cheese for the top
You can put as much cheese into the lasagne as you like. you could also use other cheeses in between the layers like Farmers cheese, ricotta, feta, mozzarella or anything else you fancy
You can buy mayonnaise and add a bit of lime juice or zest to it
Achiote looks like an orange stock cube and can be reconstituted in the same way
Just a bit of sauce on each layer is enough.
Don't skip the cheese between layers
The tomato cream sauce should be reduced enough so that it becomes easy to pour over the top of the pie and stay there.
Don't forget to set aside cheese for the top
You can put as much cheese into the lasagne as you like. you could also use other cheeses in between the layers like Farmers cheese, ricotta, feta, mozzarella or anything else you fancy
You can buy mayonnaise and add a bit of lime juice or zest to it
Achiote looks like an orange stock cube and can be reconstituted in the same way