Monday, December 22, 2014

Christmas Tostadas

Here's a fun and tasty meal for your Merry Christmas table. It's festive and pleasing to the eye, it can't help but bring a smile.  This is simply a fun meal, so easy to make.
All you do is cut flour tortillas into Christmas tree shapes and top with taco meat and decorate with tomato, bell pepper, olives, scallion onions and cheese. That's it.  It's all about presentation.

Christmas Tree Tostadas

Ingredients:
1 pound hamburger
1 package taco seasoning mix
6 flour tortillas
1 green bell pepper, remove seeds, diced
1 tomato, diced
1/2 cup sliced black olives
1/2 cup green scallions, sliced small
6 ounces sliced Pepper Jack cheese, cut into strips
6 ounces sliced Cheddar cheese, cut into strips
3 cups shredded lettuce
Sour cream (garnish)
Taco sauce or salsa (garnish)

Directions:
Skillet fry hamburger with taco seasoning mix, according to package directions.

Cut tortillas into 4 to 6 tree shapes and place on baking sheet. With a spoon, spread 1/3 cup cooked hamburger mix evenly over each tortilla. Leave a 1/2 inch border of tortilla all the way around each tostada.

Decorate each tortilla/meat "tree" with green pepper, tomatoes, and olives so each one looks like a decorated Christmas tree. Arrange cheese on top in a zigzag pattern to make a garland.

Bake at 350 degrees for 5 to 7 minutes or until cheese is melted. Serve each tostada with 1/2 cup of shredded lettuce (spread around the base of the tree as a skirt). Serve sour cream and taco sauce separately.  Serves 4 to 6

Christmas should be a time to enjoy good food, the season's joy and each other's company, shouldn't it? This recipe is sure to bring a smile.

Adapted from CDKitchen