[CH] Flour Tortillas Recipe
Cameron Begg (begg.4@osu.edu)
Mon, 15 Feb 1999 11:44:24 -0600
Hi C-H's,
Phil Cody sent us a recipe for flour tortillas - thanks.
Try using half and half wheat flour and masa harina. If you like puffier
tortillas, use self raising wheat flour.
>Use a rolling pin, tall water glass, or thick dowel to
>roll out the torts. It takes practice to make nice round torts,
>but you'll get better with time.
A very easy and cheap way to do it is to use a rigid piece of board
(plywood?) about a foot square. Slit open a large poly bag (e.g.a gallon
size ziplock) on its sides; so that only the bottom edge is left as a
hinge. Lightly grease the inside surfaces. (Although in the case of Phil's
recipe, there is a lot of fat and this step will probably be unnecessary.
Place your ball of dough in the center of the poly sleeve on a hard smooth
floor surface (a tile or another piece of wood), put the square board on
top and stand on it. Depending upon your mass and the consistency of the
dough, rythmic movements may be used. If you want to get fancy, the final
thickness of the tortillas can be controlled by putting something of the
required thickness (e.g. coins or small metal rods) between the pressed
surfaces. This setup has the advantage of being more useful than a regular
tortilla press, in that very large tortillas for burritos and enchiladas
can be made easily. It also requires almost zero skill and is good fun!
Regards, Cameron.