Bean And Vegetable Tortilla Stacks - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (6 ounce) package monterey jack pepper cheese
1 cup part-skim ricotta cheese
1 cup shredded carrot
1/2 cup chopped radish
1/4 cup ripe olives
1 (15 ounce) can garbanzo beans, drained
3 garlic cloves, halved
1/2 cup firmly packed parsley sprig
1 medium yellow onion (Halved)
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
12 (6 inch) corn tortillas
red chili sauce
1 large pasilla dried red chili pepper
1 medium onion, quartered
4 garlic cloves
1 (28 ounce) can plum tomatoes, drained
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
1/4 teaspoon hot sauce

Preparation

Combine 1 cup of pepper jack cheese and next 4 ingredients; stir well, and set aside.
Position knife blade in food processor bowl; add garbanzo beans and garlic. Process bean mixture 1 minute, or until smooth.
Add parsley sprigs, one half of the onion, lemon juice, and cumin; process 10 seconds or until onion is minced, scraping sides of processor bowl occasionally.
Place 4 tortillas on an ungreased baking sheet. Spread each with one-eighth of bean mixture; top with one eighth of the cheese mixture. Repeat with remaining tortillas, bean mixture, and cheese mixture, ending with the 4 remaining tortillas. Sprinkle remaining 1/2 cup of pepper jack cheese evenly over the stacks.
Bake at 375\u00b0 for 15 minutes or until thoroughly heated. Cut each in half. Garnish with the pepper rings, if desired. Serve with red Chile Sauce.
Red Chile Sauce:
Wash the chili; remove stem, seeds and veins. Place chili in a bowl; add boiling water to cover. Let stand 15 minutes or until chili is soft; drain and coarsely chop.
Position knife blade in the food processor bowl; add chili, onion, and garlic. Pulse 4 or 5 times or until finely chopped. Add tomatoes, cumin, and hot sauce; process 1 minute or until smooth. Yield: 2 cups.