Tostadas are traditionally made by frying or baking a flat tortilla until crispy and then topping it with all kinds of tasty ingredients. Here's a quick and easy way to make tostadas out of grated cheddar cheese. It's an extension of my recipe for cheddar cheese crisps. Here's an example of this cheesy tostada in a recipe for chorizo tostadas.
The cheesy tostadas are made by baking grated cheddar cheese for about eight to ten minutes. As the cheese melts it forms a light, crunchy, tostada. I use sharp cheddar but any cheddar works here. The sharp has a stronger flavor than regular cheddar cheese.
I recommend grating a fresh block of cheese but you can buy cheese pre-graded. Just be aware that quite often there are additives in pre-graded cheese to prevent it from clumping.
For measuring the cheese, a quarter cup of cheddar cheese is one ounce. Interestingly, not all quarter cups of cheese are one ounce. Some are a bit more than an ounce or a bit less, depending on the type of cheese. Soft or crumbly cheeses like goat cheese will be closer to one and a half ounces of cheese, while hard cheese like cheddar and Parmesan range between three quarters of an ounce to one ounce.
Cheesy Tostada Shell
Ingredients
- 8 ounces cheddar cheese shredded (about 2 cups)
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 400℉.
- Prepare two baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Place a ¼ cup of cheese on a baking sheet. Shape the cheese into a relatively flat circle with the cheese pieces overlapping a bit.
- Repeat with the rest of the cheese until you have eight tostadas. Leave space between the cheese piles because they will spread a bit while baking.
- Bake for 10 minutes or until they are evenly browned.
- Cool for a few minutes or until crunchy.
- Store sealed in the refrigerator for about a week.
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