Tetelas with Beans, Cheese and Salsa Verde

Original recipe by: Leslie Brenner

Depending on the quality of the masa harina, beans and cheese you use, you may not even want to garnish these delightful triangles, which are filled with refried beans and melty cheese. I highly recommend the masa harinas produced by Masienda; at the time of this writing, they are the only ones made from heirloom corn from Mexico that are available in the U.S. They are far superior to any others I have found. Any color will do: blue, red or white. Of course if you happen to have access to freshly ground masa, that is even better. If so, just skip the dough-mixing part in Step 1.

I like to keep jars of store-bought salsa verde on hand for last-minute tetela cravings; Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods make decent ones. Of course it’s much better if you make your own salsa verde; freshly made pico de gallo is great on these too.

For the cheese, these are wonderful with quesillo (also known as que…