Tlayuda con Chorizo (Mexican Chorizo Pizza)
Tylauda – also known as “Mexican Pizza” – is one of the most common and versatile foods in Mexico.
It can be made with a variety of different ingredients such as chicken, fish, seafood and vegetables and, much like its more famous Italian cousin, is often topped with melted cheese.
Mexican street vendors use a heated stone similar to a pizza stone to cook the tlayuda, until the ingredients soften and the cheese bubbles. You can recreate this in a hot oven at home, with a pizza stone.
Enjoy this delicious tylauda recipe with smoked chorizo.
Tlayuda con Chorizo (Mexican Chorizo Pizza)
Ingredients
- 1 teaspoon avocado oil Ghee or lard
- ½ cup onion
- 6 cloves garlic
- a pinch of salt
- 2 teaspoons chili powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 can black beans
- 3 – 4 tablespoon water
- 4 tortillas 12 inches each
- 2 cups shredded Oaxaca cheese
- 4 ounces cooked smoked chorizo
- 2 cups mesclun
- 1 cup salsa
- ½ cup fresh cilantro leaves
- 1 fresh jalapeño pepper
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 450 °F/ 230 °C. Place a pizza stone on the bottom oven rack.
- Place a saucepan over medium-high heat and add the avocado oil. When hot, add the onion, garlic and salt and cook until the onion is translucent and the garlic is tender.
- Add the cumin and chili powder and stir for 1 minute.
- Turn off the heat and add 3 tablespoons of water and transfer to a blender. Pulse blend until the texture is chunky but spreadable.
- Take one of the tortillas and spread a thin layer of bean mixture on its surface, then top with 1/2 cup of cheese and 1/4 of the chorizo. Repeat for each of the tortillas.
- Take the tlayuda out of the oven and place on a cutting board. Allow it to cool for a minute, top with 1/2 cup of mesclun or cabbage, 1/4 cup of salsa, 2 tablespoons of cilantro and a few chili pepper slices.
- Repeat for each tlayuda and cut into wedges with a pizza slicer before serving.
Enjoy!
Notes
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