Queso Fundido With Chorizo

By Booper-2

After trying a fabulous dish of melted cheese and chorizo at La Fogata in San Antonio Tx, I searched until I found a similar recipe. This one is very close and excellent. From the cookbook, New Texas Cuisine by Stephan Pyles.

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 jalapeno,s seeded and diced
• 4 ounces chorizo sausage
• 8 ounces mozzarella cheese, cubed
• 8 ounces monterey jack cheese, cubed
• 6 ounces goat cheese, crumbled
• 6 small flour tortillas

Preparation

Step 1

1 Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Place an 8 inch casserole in oven while preparing the fundido. 2 Heat oil in skillet over medium high heat until slightly smoking. Add onion, garlic and pepper and cook for one minute stirring constantly. 3 Add chorizo and break up while coooking for about 10 minutes. 4 Remove the casserole from oven. Spread the cheeses over hot bottom of dish. Return the dish to oven and bake until cheese is just melted, about five minutes. 5 Remove from oven and sprinkle chorizo mixture over top. Return to oven and heat for about three minutes. 6 Serve with warmed tortillas.