Enchiladis, or Pepper Tortillas

Ingredients

• equal parts of Indian corn-meal and wheat-flour
• seasoned with salt
• mixed with cold water
• chopped fine, equal parts of olives
• raisins
• cheese
• Spanish sauce
• red pepper sauce

Method

1. 1

   Make tortillas from corn-meal and wheat-flour, bake on a griddle.

2. 2

   Prepare a filling of chopped olives, raisins, and cheese.

3. 3

   Make Spanish sauce from green peppers, tomatoes, and onions.

4. 4

   Dip tortillas in pepper sauce, fill, roll up, and heat in the oven covered with sauce.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The housewife's referee (1898) by Harriet Anne de Salis, University of Leeds Library, page 115. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Enchiladis, or Pepper Tortillas {Jewson), — The tortillas are pancakes made of equal parts of Indian corn-meal and wheat-flour, seasoned with salt and mixed with cold water to a thick paste. They are then baked upon a griddle dusted with corn-meal. Have ready, chopped fine, equal parts of olives, raisins, and cheese, and mix together. Make some Spanish sauce by bruising some green garden peppers to get ofl* the skins, and peel some tomatoes, and two large onions, chop all fine ; and also a red pepper sauce

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