SAUCE
4 cups water
1 /4 cup tomato paste
1 1/2 ounce butter or margarine (3 TBS)
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 Tablespoon chili powder
1/2 Tablespoon paprika
1 Tablespoon beef base
Dash cayenne
Add all ingredients in a pan and bring to a boil.
Mix 1/2 cup flour with 1 cup water. Add to boiling sauce till thick. You may need a little extra.
Lightly fry corn tortillas in oil. (about 15 tortillas)
Coat bottom of glass pan with sauce.
Pour some sauce on a plate. Put 1 tortilla in sauce. Flip. Add grated cheese. Roll. Place in 9X13 pan. Repeat. You may want another smaller pan too.
Pour remaining sauce over tortillas in pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes or until warm and bubbly.
We usually do 1 1/2 times recipe for our family and do more shells and use two pans. It just depends how saucy you like it.