Recipe for asparagus and goat cheese quesadillas

Quesadillas with asparagus and goat cheese (Quesadillas de Espárragos y Queso de Cabra)

An unusual combination for quesadillas, but this combination of ingredients works very well to create this easy to make but sophisticated dish...

Asparagus and goat cheese quesadillas

Ingredients

* 1/2 lb. fresh asparagus, split into four sections each
* 5 oz. of your favorite goat cheese, at room temperature
* 3 tablespoons olive oil, divided
* salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
* 2 big tortillas
* Plenty chopped fresh cilantro, to your taste
* A few intact cilantro leaves, not chopped to decorate

Preparation

1) In a pan with 2 tablespoon hot oil over medium-low setting, saute the asparagus, mixing until they have softened and have taken a slight brown color. Take away from burner and adjust seasoning with salt and pepper.

2) Spread the goat cheese on one side of each tortilla; divide half the asparagus and half the cilantro and arrange over the goat cheese and fold the tortillas in half; brush the oil that is left on the outside of the two tortillas.

3) Heat up some oil in a skillet at medium heat setting and fry the quesadillas for about three minutes per side.

Serve these asparagus and goat cheese quesadillas, sprinkling a few cilantro leaves over them...