lotus

previous page: Vegan Hot and Sour Soup | Soups
  
page up: The Kitchen Bitch Cookbook
  
next page: Humus | Scratch

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 ■□□□□ U

Stove

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:

  1. Mix dry ingredients in a large bowl.

  2. 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.

  3. Next add warm water a little at a time until your dough is soft and not sticky. You do not need very hot water.

  4. Knead the dough for a few minutes.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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!

  9. It is well worth the effort to make homemade tortillas! Enjoy!


Alterations:

None

Notes:

 

Continue to:













TOP
previous page: Vegan Hot and Sour Soup | Soups
  
page up: The Kitchen Bitch Cookbook
  
next page: Humus | Scratch