Flour Tortillas | Scratch
Description
This recipe is from the The Kitchen Bitch
Cookbook by Joel Maxuel, also available from archive.org (http://www.archive.org/details/Kitchen_Bitch).
Published here with the author's permission.
Provided is a compilation of recipes gathered over several
years, primarily from Laing House events. Laing House (http://www.lainghouse.org) is a drop in center
based in the capital of Nova Scotia, Canada for youth living with
a mental illness. The author is a member of this organization
since 2002 and very fortunate to live in a country where such
services exist.
Scratch |
Flour
Tortillas | C
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Makes
12 tortillas
Ingredients: 3
cups unbleached flour 2
tsp baking powder 1
tsp salt 4-6
Tbsp vegetable shortening or lard About
1 ¼ cups warm water
Directions: Mix
dry ingredients in a large bowl. Add
vegetable shortening or lard. Or use a combination of half lard,
half shortening. Use a fork or a pastry cutter to cut in the
shortening or just do it the old fashioned way and use your
hands. Next
add warm water a little at a time until your dough is soft and
not sticky. You do not need very hot water. Knead
the dough for a few minutes. Now
you will pull off pieces of dough to form about 12 small dough
balls. Let them rest for at least 10 minutes, longer if you like. This
is a good time to heat up the comal. You will want to set it at
medium to high heat. If it is too hot the tortillas will cook too
fast. Now
you can roll out the dough with your tortilla rolling pin or
palote. It is a good idea to dust each ball with a little flour
just before you roll them out. Lay the palote in the centre of
the dough ball and roll up, centre and roll down. It is good to
lift the dough and turn it. Again, rolling pin in the centre and
roll. Roll them out fairly thin. Lay
your tortilla on the hot comal. It takes just a few seconds to
cook. Flip to the other side. When they are done it should have
lots of nice brown speckles. Place them in a towel. If you would
like you can use a tortilla warmer to keep them warm longer. They
are ready to be served! It
is well worth the effort to make homemade tortillas! Enjoy!
Alterations: None |
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