How To Make Tortillas

Cover and let rest for 15 minutes or more.

How to make tortillas. Then add 1 2 cup of vegetable shortening and 1 cup of water and knead the dough with your hands until it s smooth and only slightly sticky. Mix your ingredients for the dough. In a large bowl combine flour and salt. Start with combining any dry ingredients and then add the wet. Wrap them in foil and cover in a tea towel to keep warm while you cook the rest.

Turn out onto floured surface and knead. To make your own flour tortillas start by mixing 4 cups of flour 1 teaspoon of baking powder and 1 teaspoon of salt in a large bowl. Line a tortilla press with a sheet of waxed paper. Divide and roll into 12 balls. Divide dough into 8 portions.

Let rest for 10 minutes. On a lightly floured surface roll each portion into a 7 in. Heat a large frying pan over a medium high heat. Use a rolling pin to achieve your desired shape and size. Roll dough ball in just a bit of masa.

Keeps for two days well wrapped or cool wrap and freeze for up to three months. Turn onto a floured surface. Heat a cast iron skillet or comal until very hot. If you re making flour tortillas mix in the lard or butter with a fork pastry cutter or your hands until it resembles coarse crumbs then slowly add the water. Lightly dust your surface with flour then remove your dough from the bowl and knead gently for a couple of minutes.

Stir in water and oil. If you re making corn tortillas slowly stream in the liquid usually water. Knead 10 12 times adding a little flour or water if needed to achieve a smooth dough. Using fingertips rub lard into flour mixture until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Peel from the waxed paper and place on the hot skillet.