Last weekend, we visited a Butera supermarket, which quite a variety of ethnic foods. In one of the refrigerated displays were packages of sopes, a Mexican formed-and-fried masa bread not too different than tacos or tostadas, but thicker. Each sope is about four inches in diameter, maybe 1/8 inch thick, with a rim around the top side to help hold in toppings. They are a popular street food in Mexico.
Not having much in the way of Mexican leftovers, I pulled steak and lobster mac'n'cheese leftovers from the freezer and defrosted it. I shredded a couple brussels sprouts to provide a little greenery, sliced the steak, halved some grape tomatoes, and started assembling...
I started with a slice of smoked gouda cheese in each sope, added a couple slices of steak, chipotle salsa, the shredded brussels sprouts, and tossed them into a hot oven to warm up... After ten ot fifteen minutes, I pulled them out and plated them, garnishing with the grape tomato halves...
Mmmmm very tasty, if very inauthentic... The sopes are thick enough to lend a bit of a chew, and as I said before, the rim really helps retain the toppings and does not shatter when you bite them like tostada shells typically do.
Recommended! You can use Mexican toppings or even make mini pizzas with pepperoni, mozzarella, and red sauce...
Not having much in the way of Mexican leftovers, I pulled steak and lobster mac'n'cheese leftovers from the freezer and defrosted it. I shredded a couple brussels sprouts to provide a little greenery, sliced the steak, halved some grape tomatoes, and started assembling...
I started with a slice of smoked gouda cheese in each sope, added a couple slices of steak, chipotle salsa, the shredded brussels sprouts, and tossed them into a hot oven to warm up... After ten ot fifteen minutes, I pulled them out and plated them, garnishing with the grape tomato halves...
Mmmmm very tasty, if very inauthentic... The sopes are thick enough to lend a bit of a chew, and as I said before, the rim really helps retain the toppings and does not shatter when you bite them like tostada shells typically do.
Recommended! You can use Mexican toppings or even make mini pizzas with pepperoni, mozzarella, and red sauce...
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