Saturday 9 June - Enchilladas

Task one was to use up all the chocolate that is still lying round the house after Easter - so Georges egg was broken up, added to some Tiddly Chicks and some old bits and pieces lying around, and turned into brownies in our free lurpack tin - we needed butter anyway and it was cheaper to buy two packs and get the tin as well.

These were served after the main meal, with some shop ice cream as this worked out to be cheaper than making our own.

We had bought some very cheap braising steak, and half was used tonight, and half is to be used for chilli or stew later in the week.

Tonights was rubbed with some dried oregano and cumin and a bit of olive oil, then wrapped in foil and put in a very low oven for three hours.

Bob then did a marvelous job of shredding this up to fill the enchiladas.



The sauce was tinned tomatoes, chillies, lots of coriander stalks, garlic and onion which was simmered for ages, then whizzed up and seived.

Then the difficult bit - corn tortillas had to be very quickly fried to soften them, then dipped in the sauce. These were then filled with the meat mixed with a bit more sauce, rolled up and placed in the baking dish.



These were baked with some grated cheese until bubbly, and served with refried beans which I made using a tin of black beans, some soured cream, some homemade guacamole and some extra jalapenos.

Not low fat by any means, but rather  tasty, and not expensive to make - definitely one to do again.