Prawn & Avocado Quesadillas
Golden, blistered tortillas oozing molten mozzarella, with smoky pink prawns and creamy avocado tumbling from every wedge alongside a pot of cool soured cream.
Ingredients
- 250 g raw king prawns, peeled
- 4 large flour tortillas
- 100 g cherry tomatoes, quartered
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- 0.5 tsp cumin
- 4 tbsp soured cream, to serve
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 120 g grated mozzarella
- 1 ripe avocado, mashed
- 1 lime, juiced
- 1 jalapeño, finely sliced
- 15g coriander, chopped
- Quick pickled red onion, to serve
Method
- Toss the prawns with the smoked paprika, cumin and a good pinch of salt until evenly coated.
- Heat the olive oil in a frying pan over high heat. When it shimmers, add the prawns and cook for 2 minutes, turning once, until just pink and curled. Tip onto a plate.
- Mash the avocado with the lime juice and a pinch of salt — keep it a little chunky for texture.
- Wipe out the pan and set it over medium-high heat. Lay a tortilla in the dry pan, spread one half with avocado, then scatter over half the prawns, half the cherry tomatoes, half the jalapeño, half the cheese and a handful of coriander. Fold the tortilla over to enclose.
- Cook for 2-3 minutes per side, pressing gently with a spatula, until the tortilla is deeply golden and blistered and the cheese is oozing at the edges. Slide onto a board and repeat with the remaining ingredients.
- Slice each quesadilla into wedges and pile onto plates. Serve with soured cream for dipping, lime wedges for squeezing, a scatter of coriander and a pinch of chilli flakes.
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