Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Homemade Flour Tortillas

Today I needed to make 100+ tortillas so I was not about
 to roll them out by hand like the native ladies here have taught me.
So I called Verle Yost's wife, Christine since she's an expert at 
making flour tortillas.

Here is what she gave me...

12 cups flour
1 Tablespoon salt
1 1/2 cups oil
4 cups very hot water

If you have a mixer throw it all together and mix away for a few minutes.
If not obviously mix it by hand ;) The dough will be very nice and soft.
Put the dough into a plastic bag and let it set for 20 minutes or so. Then 
make little balls of dough and cover them with a towel while you start 
pressing them with an electric press. On a hot griddle place the tortilla
and flip in just a few seconds then two more times, they will poof beautifully
on that last side. Lay them out on a cloth to cool, then stack em, and 
freeze em to eat at a later date. Make sure you sample a fresh, hot one! 

One recipe makes around 4 dozen or more

Later I'll post the recipe for hand rolled torts

2 comments:

  1. The thought of making 100+ of anything makes me sob. The thought of diving into a pile of your homemade corn tortillas makes me show my teeth. Please tell me there will be plenty of avocado...

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  2. There was plenty of avocado the smooth and creamy kind that you bathed in when you were here! ;)

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