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Duck Quesadillas with Chipotle Cherry Salsa and Goat Cheese

[heart_this] · Aug 6, 2011 · 19 Comments

Duck Quesadillas with Chipotle Cherry Salsa and Goat Cheese

Chipotle pan seared duck breast quesadillas with ooey gooey melted goat and jack cheese and a sweet, savoury and spicy cherry salsa.

After enjoying the duck tacos with chipotle cherry salsa and goat cheese a few times last week, I wanted to try something a little different with the remaining leftovers. Right up there with my obsession with tacos is my obsession with quesadillas! I mean you really cannot go wrong with a tasty filling being held together with ooey gooey melted cheese being lovingly held together by lightly toasted and crispy golden brown tortillas! If there is one thing that I like more than straight up goat cheese it is melted goat cheese and I was just itching to use some in a quesadilla along with the chipotle pan seared duck breast and some of that tasty cherry salsa. When goat cheese melts, it does not really have the power to hold things together so I added some jack cheese to ensure that the filling was not going to spill out the sides while eating the quesadillas and you can’t go wrong with two kinds of cheese! I often like to add something to quesadillas to help complement and contrast all of the melted cheesy goodness and this time I went with some sliced green onions and fresh cilantro. I served these duck quesadillas with cherry salsa and goat cheese with some extra cherry salsa and some sour cream for dipping.

Duck Quesadillas with Chipotle Cherry Salsa and Goat Cheese

Duck Quesadillas with Chipotle Cherry Salsa and Goat Cheese

Prep Time: 5 minutes Cook Time: 10 minutes Total Time: 15 minutes Servings: 2

Chipotle pan seared duck breast quesadillas with ooey gooey melted goat and jack cheese and a sweet, savoury and spicy cherry salsa.

ingredients
  • 1/4 teaspoon butter
  • 1/4 cup chipotle pan seared duck breast, sliced into small pieces
  • 1 tablespoon chipotle cherry salsa
  • 1 green onion, sliced
  • 1/2 tablespoon cilantro, chopped
  • 1/2 cup monterey jack cheese, grated
  • 1 ounce goat cheese, room temperature
  • 2 (8 inch) tortillas
directions
  1. Melt the butter in a pan over medium heat.
  2. Place a tortilla into the pan, swirl it around in the butter an set aside.
  3. Place the second tortilla into the pan and swirl around in the butter.
  4. Sprinkle on half of the cheese onto the tortilla followed by the duck, chipotle cherry salsa, green onion and cilantro followed by the remaining cheese and top it all off with the second tortilla.
  5. Cook until the quesadilla is golden brown on both sides and the cheese is melted.
  6. Cut the quesadilla into 6 pieces and serve with salsa, sour cream and a garnish of cilantro.
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Comments

  1. Kathleen says

    August 6, 2011 at 4:28 am

    Kevin! I think you have seriously out done yourself with this one! This looks outrageously delcious!

    Reply
  2. Joanne says

    August 6, 2011 at 9:17 am

    Another great use for that filling! I love how you always come up with multiple dishes for the same base ingredients!

    Reply
  3. Foodycat says

    August 6, 2011 at 12:02 pm

    Quesadillas can do no wrong in my mind – I love the chipotle cherry salsa too!

    Reply
  4. anniebakes says

    August 6, 2011 at 2:51 pm

    looks wonderful! My oldest son duck hunts and I will save this for when the season opens! anne

    Reply
  5. Sara Jahan says

    August 6, 2011 at 2:55 pm

    Oh. My. Gosh. Amazing!

    Reply
  6. Anonymous says

    August 6, 2011 at 3:58 pm

    Oh wow! What a deliciously interesting recipe! It looks incredible! 🙂

    Reply
  7. Anonymous says

    August 6, 2011 at 9:41 pm

    This looks AMAZING! If only I could find some affordable duck breast…

    Reply
  8. Samantha says

    August 7, 2011 at 12:20 am

    Hi! just discovered your blog and glad I did. I bought a duck breast thats sitting in the freezer because I dont know what to do with it! lol Living in So Cal…tacos and quesadillas are plentiful so this sounds awesome!

    Reply
  9. Pam says

    August 7, 2011 at 4:28 pm

    Duck is a little rich for my tastes. I would probably replace with chicken. But the cherry salsa and goat cheese sounds utterly incredible, and I think it would still be great, don't you?

    Reply
  10. alapatacoja says

    August 8, 2011 at 10:04 am

    The quesadillas are another of my weaknesses, I pointed it!

    Reply
  11. Teresa says

    August 8, 2011 at 10:53 am

    Wow! I don't think I've ever seen a picture of food where I've desired it so much! This looks brilliant – I've been searching for alternative duck recipes, and this is perfect

    Reply
  12. Cara says

    August 8, 2011 at 4:57 pm

    What a great combination. You can never have too much duck, in my opinion! Or goat cheese, of course.

    Reply
  13. stef de fla says

    August 8, 2011 at 9:59 pm

    Thanks to your blog I dicovered chipotle and I absolutely love it. I'm French and I moved to the US 3 months ago so I had never tried it. But now where do I get the bloody duck in Spokane?

    Reply
  14. nirankar says

    August 9, 2011 at 4:47 am

    Hi
    Nice blog
    I just love to come here again and again .
    Tou got a +1 follower now .
    Have a great time .

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    Reply
  15. krista says

    August 10, 2011 at 2:42 pm

    This recipe looks incredibly delicious, but I've never tried duck and would be somewhat nervous to give it a go…I'd probably substitute it for beef or chicken, although a little voice inside me is saying I should be adventurous…we'll see what happens…

    Reply
  16. World Best Recipes says

    August 11, 2011 at 8:14 am

    Great recipe. I will try this.

    Reply
  17. Angeline says

    August 12, 2011 at 11:56 am

    This is just perfect! Every milimeter looks yummy! 🙂

    Reply
  18. glorious sandwiches says

    August 16, 2011 at 4:50 pm

    Weird. I totally just made a duck breast and cherry compote sandwich.

    Reply
  19. stef de fla says

    December 1, 2011 at 9:27 am

    I made a similar recipe with raspberry sauce and it was killer! Thanks for posting this fabulous thing.

    Reply

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