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Homemade taco with cheese sauce

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Add some sizzle to your summer with our tasty tacos. They’re a handy meal to enjoy with friends and the ideal way to celebrate the long – and hopefully sunny – evenings.

Best of all, our version is homemade from start to finish – a refreshing change from the usual Mexican meal kits.

By making this recipe, kids will learn how to:

  • Make taco mince from scratch with easy-to-find herbs and spices
  • Create their own cheese sauce using Gem Cornflour
  • Rustle up your very own tortilla wraps using Gem plain flour
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Homemade taco with cheese sauce

Homemade taco with cheese sauce

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prep time
20 mins
cooking time
40 mins
servings
6
total time
1 hr

Equipment

  • Chopping board

  • Knife/kitchen scissors (whichever you use to chop peppers)

  • Weighing scales

  • Tablespoon measure

  • Teaspoon measure

  • Half-teaspoon measure

  • Large mixing bowl

  • Wooden spoon

  • Cheese grater

  • Large frying pan

  • Saucepan

  • Whisk

  • Tin foil

  • Tea towel

Ingredients

  • For the mince:

  • 500g lean mince

  • 1 onion diced

  • 2 garlic cloves crushed

  • 1 red pepper, chopped

  • Rapeseed oil

  • For the taco seasoning:

  • 1 tablespoon smoked paprika

  • 1 tablespoon cumin

  • Pinch cayenne pepper

  • 1 teaspoon oregano

  • 1/2 teaspoon salt

  • 1/2 teaspoon black pepper

  • For the cheese sauce:

  • 200g cheddar, grated

  • 1 tablespoon cornflour

  • 1 can evaporated milk

  • For the tortilla wraps:

  • 250g plain flour, plus a little more for dusting

  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil

  • ½ teaspoon fine salt

  • 150ml water

  • To serve:

  • Sour cream

  • Chives

Instructions

1
Begin by making the dough for the wraps. Combine the flour, vegetable oil and salt in a bowl. Pour in the warm water and knead to bring the mixture together.
2
Remove the dough from the bowl. Knead on a lightly-floured work surface for about 5 minutes until you have a soft, smooth ball of dough. Cover the ball with a clean tea towel and leave it to rest for at least 15 minutes.
3
While the dough is resting, move on to your taco mince. Fry the onion and garlic in a glug of rapeseed oil in a large pan over a medium heat.
4
Once they have softened, add the mince, breaking it up as you fry it.
5
When the mince has browned, drain off any fat in the pan.
6
Add the red pepper and the homemade taco seasoning.
7
Simmer for 5 minutes.
8
Move on now to your cheese sauce. Add the ingredients to a saucepan and whisk them together over a medium heat.
9
Return to your wraps (if at least 15 minutes have passed). Cut the dough into 6 equal pieces (about 75g each). Roll out each ball as thinly as possible on a floured work surface. They should make rounds about 20cm wide and 2mm thick.
10
Heat a large frying pan over a medium-high heat. Cook the tortillas for 1-2 minutes on each side until golden brown and toasted. Wrap them in foil and cover in a tea towel to keep warm, while you cook the rest.
11
To assemble, add your wrap to a plate and top it with the taco mince and cheese sauce.
12
Finish it off with sour cream and chives.
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