Baleada

One of the best thing I ever eat my whole life is a Baleada . Simple food but so fulling. My mother made the best ballads I can remember … through the passing of time every time I eat so many baleada. i always compare them with the ones my mother use to do for me. you see for me food is memory every time I eat something want the food to be relate to a memory… call me crazy but through food I have learn so much but culture and the person that make it.

So for me to share this recipe so much more personal than anything else.


Ingredients

Tortillas:

  • 2 cups all-purpose

  • 1 cup water

  • ½ cup vegetable oil

  • 1 egg

  • ½ teaspoon salt


Filling:

  • 2 cups refried beans, warmed

  • 1 avocado, sliced

  • ½ cup crumbled queso fresco (fresh white cheese)

  • ¼ cup crema fresca (fresh cream)

  • 2 scramble eggs



Directions

  1. Mix flour, water, vegetable oil, egg, and salt in a large bowl; knead until dough is smooth and no longer sticky.

  2. Form the dough into 8 golf ball-sized balls. Cover and let rest, about 20 minutes.

  3. Stretch each ball of dough into a thick tortilla.

  4. Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook each tortilla until browned and lightly puffed, about 1 minute per side.

  5. Layer refried beans, avocado, and queso fresco over tortillas. Drizzle crema on top; fold tortillas in half over filling.