Main Ingredients:

See below ingredients and instructions of the recipe

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

1 lb Ground round -- or ground
Sirloin
1 ts Lemon pepper
30 oz Spaghetti sauce -- * see
Note
4 oz Green chiles
4 tb Sliced black olives
2 c Ricotta cheese, part skim
Milk
2 Eggs
8 Corn tortillas
2 c Monterey jack cheese --
Shredded

* Use the canned sauce of your choice, about a 30 ounce jar.

Use ground round or ground sirloin. If using a fattier meat, drain
very thoroughly. Brown beef in a skillet; drain thoroughly. Add the
sauce, seasoning spice and drained green chiles which have been
chopped fine. Simmer for 10 minutes. Mix ricotta cheese and eggs in
small bowl, blending well. Use 2 pie-plates or similar sized oven
proof dishes. Place 1/2 cup of the sauce in each, spreading to cover
bottom of dish.

Place one tortilla in each dish. Spread with 1/8th of the ricotta-egg
mixture. Top with about 1/3 cup of meat sauce mixture, 1/3 cup grated
cheese and sprinkle sliced olives over top of each. Continue layering,
ending with meat sauce and jack cheese. You will have 2 stacks of 4
tortillas each. Bake in preheated 350-degree oven for 30 minutes. Let
stand for few minutes, then slice into pie-shaped wedges and serve
immediately.

Recipe By : Jo Anne Merrill

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