What Quesadilla means
Quesadilla is a Mexican antojito name of Spanish origin meaning "little cheesy thing". It is built from Spanish queso (cheese) and -adilla (diminutive). It is pronounced keh-sah-DEE-yah, and it is most associated with the whole country.
The name promises cheese, but in Mexico City a quesadilla does not contain it unless you ask, a quirk the rest of the country finds inexplicable.
This is a site about what Mexican words mean, so there is no recipe here. For the name itself: Antojito means "little craving". These are the masa-based street foods named for their shape more often than their filling: a sope is a small mound, a huarache is a sandal, a gordita is a fat little one, a tlacoyo is an oval patty.
