Tortilla Roll-Ups

I found this on The Pioneer Woman Cooks, and I knew I had to make it. A family picnic turned out to be the perfect occasion, because this is indeed: The ultimate picnic food!  Easy to prepare, and keeps very well. I didn't cut mine up, though - we just ate them rolled up. Not as pretty, and as usual, not much to photograph, but they sure were tasty.



Tortilla Roll-Ups
makes 8 (which makes a nice, light lunch for four.)

8 wheat flour tortillas
200 g Philadelphia cream cheese
1/2 leek, finely chopped
Handful of basil, shredded
zest from one lemon, finely grated
salt, pepper
120 g smoked ham, in very thin slices
1 large carrot, julienned
1 red bell pepper, julienned
8 leaves of romaine lettuce
2 avocados, thinly sliced

Mix the cream cheese with the leek, basil and lemon zest. Season with a little bit of salt and pepper. Spread this on the tortillas, and make sure to go all the way to the edge - it helps the tortilla roll up nicely.

Place the fillings in a line down the center of each tortilla - much as when making sushi. Start  with the ham, then add a leaf of lettuce, and plenty of carrot and bell pepper. Finish with the avocado, then roll the whole thing up as tightly as possible. Roll each wrap in plastic, and keep in the fridge - at least for an hour, but longer is fine, too.

Chicken, Bacon & Apple Wraps

Summer is the time for picnics. Or if not picnics, at least for eating outside. There are so many occasions when it's suitable to bring your own food, rather than resorting to often very meagre offerings - say, at the zoo, or the playground.

For those times, I want something portable, and something that doesn't require plates or cutlery. Sure, you can bring a salad, but that means you'll have to use disposable plates, or have to bring home dirty dishes. I rather not. So, this summer, I'm making wraps. These ones in particular - they are so delicious.

The combination of chicken, bacon and apple - with the addition of pine nuts - is just incredible. And you can definitely play with it - I'm thinking pears would be good rather than apples, and maybe exchange those pine nuts for walnuts... and maybe add some blue cheese instead of dijon mustard? Wouldn't that be good?

Wrap them in plastic or sandwich paper, and they'll keep for at least a day in the fridge. It's a good lunch to bring to work, too.

Chicken, Bacon & Apple Wraps
makes 8

8 wheat tortillas
200 g chicken, cooked
2 tbsp mayonnaise
1 tbsp thick yogurt (Greek or Turkish style)
1 tsp sriracha sauce (or another spicy chilisauce)
1 tsp dijon mustard
30 g pine nuts
150 g bacon, diced
200 g apples, peeled and diced
70 g fresh spinach or arugula, well cleaned

Shred the chicken and mix with mayo, yogurt, sriraha and dijon mustard.

Toast the pine nuts in a dry frying pan, set aside.

Fry the bacon until crispy. Add the apples, and let them fry along for a few minutes, to soften a bit.

Divide the chicken salad in the middle of each tortilla. Top with bacon, apple, pine nuts and spinach, and roll into a tight wrap.

Recipe in Swedish:
Wraps med kyckling, bacon och äpple