Quesadilla
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A quesadilla (Spanish pronunciation: [kesaˈðiʎa], usually anglicized as /ˌkeɪsəˈdiː.ə/) is a Mexican food made primarily of cheese inside a folded corn or wheat tortilla and cooked until the cheese melts. Occasionally a second ingredient is added with the cheese to add variety to the dish. The word comes from Spanish, and literally means "cheese in tortilla"[citation needed]. Some wrongly say it also means "cheesecake", mistaking it for the word "Quesada", which is a kind of pie made in Spain with cheese, but which tastes different and is differentiated from the American style cheesecake.
In some places, quesadillas may be an unrelated cheese-based food. In Mexico, wherever quesadillas are prepared, there are other fillings available, not just cheese, and by extension the word "quesadilla" is also applied to these, even if they do not have any cheese at all.[citation needed]
Most quesadillas are prepared just folding and filling a common corn tortilla, but there are also others in which the tortilla is specially made for filling. In northern regions of Mexico, along the United States border quesadillas are also prepared with flour tortillas instead, and there's even a deep fried variation, which preparation resembles more a pasty than a tortilla.
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American Quesadilla
The Mexican quesadilla has been adopted in many regions of the United States. It's mostly prepared the same, but using local ingredients instead. A corn tortilla is heated on a griddle, then flipped and sprinkled with grated melting cheese (queso-quesadilla) such as Monterey Jack. Once the cheese melts, other ingredients such as shredded meat or guacamole may be added, or not, and it is folded and served.
Cheese and other ingredients are sandwiched between two flour tortillas, and the whole package is grilled on an oiled griddle and flipped so both sides are cooked and the cheese is melted. This version is often cut into wedges to serve. A home appliance "quesadilla maker" is sold to produce this kind of quesadilla, although it does not use oil and cooks both sides at once. This type is similar to the Mexican "sincronizada", but in the United States, sincronizadas can also have roast beef or other ingredients instead of ham.
Some call "special quesadilla" a quesadilla deep-fried in oil to a golden puff in the Imperial Valley of southern California. These are small quesadillas which are lightly spiced and lightly warmed by deep frying them for a short time before been consumed.
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