Mexican Cheese Squares

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Mexican Cheese Squares

Recipe By : Nancy Enright's Canadian Herb Cookbook, by Nancy Enright
Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Appetizers Mexican
Vegetarian

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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5 lg Eggs
1/4 c All-purpose flour
1 pn Salt
3/4 ts Baking powder
4 oz Can green chile peppers or
-- diced
Fresh jalapeno peppers
-- deveined and seeded
1 c Sour cream
2 c Packed, grated Cheddar cheese (1/2 lb.)
1 to 2 tb. Mexican hot sauce
1 tb Fresh cilantro leaves -- torn (no stems)
1 tb Unsalted butter

In a large mixing bowl, whisk together eggs, flour, salt and baking
powder until smooth. Stir in diced chile peppers, sour cream and cheese.
Add hot sauce to taste and cilantro.

Melt butter in an 8" square baking dish. Pour mixture into dish and
spread with a spatula.

Bake at 400 F. for 15 minutes, then turn heat down to 350 F. and bake an
additional 30 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out
clean. Cool slightly, then cut into squares to serve.

Yield: About 24 squares.

From _Nancy Enright's Canadian Herb Cookbook_ by Nancy Enright.
Toronto: James Lorimer & Company, 1985. Pg. 33. ISBN 0-88862-788-2.
Electronic format by Cathy Harned.


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NOTES : To freeze, wrap - uncut - in foil, then place in airtight freezer
bag. Reheat, unthawed, in foil wrapping in a moderate oven until
heated through, about 25 minutes.