The other night we had tacos and as much as I love store
tortillas I decided to try making my own.
I looked up a few different ways and found one that looked simple and
pretty good. This is an incredibly easy to make recipe, with only 4 ingredients
that you probably always have on hand.
2 cups of flour
½ teaspoon salt
¾ cup water (warm)
3 tablespoons olive oil
Combine flour and salt then make a little well in the middle
and poor in water and oil. Then mix it up and kneed it 10-12 times. Let rest about 10 minutes.
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| it doesn't need to look smooth like a bread dough, lumpy is fine |
Then divide it into 8 pieces. Roll them into
balls.
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| I didn't weigh them or anything I just divided the ball in half and repeated with each half until I had 8 |
Then put one onto a piece of non stick foil and started to stretch
them out to about 7 inches. I tried to use a rolling pin with the dough between
two pieces of foil and that didn’t work as well as using my hands.
Once they
are flattened out to the size you want, LEAVE them on the foil (pulling them
off messes up the shape). Warm up a skillet
over medium high heat and place the tortilla still on the foil on it.
After a
minute there should be some brown spot s on the tortilla and the foil will pull
off without messing up the shape, put the other side on for a minute. Be sure
to keep them covered as you make the rest to prevent them from drying out.
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| Doesn't it look yummy! |
We made delicious tacos with these and Hubby loved them and
said they were more filling. Now I must say the first few look funny and if
they aren’t very even you’ll have chewier thick spots, but they still taste
pretty good. When making them just for yourself and family they don’t have to
look perfect, that is what I love about cooking. They probably won’t look
perfect your first batch but with some practice they will look better, at least
that’s what I told myself ;)
Let me know if you give these a try. I would love to hear
how yours turn out. Have a great day!
Mmmm... I've never made homemade tortillas. They sound great!
ReplyDeleteI adore homemade tortillas! I make loads of breads and cinnamon rolls and other baked goods but have only tried tortillas once, a long time ago. They turned out okay but very thick. I need to give it a go again, homemade anything is so much yummier!
ReplyDeleteI love making homemade bread, something about kneading the dough relaxes me. I say give them a try again they are simple to mix and the thickness you just have to play with until you like it. I had one that I had left more like I would leave a pizza crust and that was not good.
DeleteHow easy is that? I wonder if other types of flour would work to make them gluten free. I'm experimenting with reducing gluten in my diet so I'm on the lookout for stuff like that.
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