
Home made flour tortillas
I founds this recipe quite a while ago and have always wanted to try it. On Saturday I was craving burritos but on a strict no-spend-on-groceries simple savings challenge with myself so it seemed like the perfect time to give them a go. They weren’t difficult to make and taste even better than the store-bought version. Making them yourself also means you skip all the numbers and strange ingredients in the store-bought version.
In a large bowl, mix all the dry ingredients.
Add the oil then gradually add the water, stirring, to form a soft dough.
Turn the dough out onto a floured surface and knead for about 5 minutes then leave to rest.
If you have a mixer with a dough hook you can use that or throw it all in the thermomix and knead for 2 minutes.
The recipe didn’t say how long for but I left mine about 30 minutes and they were perfect.
I did forget to rest them once when I was in a hurry and it made no difference. Now I don’t bother with resting.
Cut the dough into 10-12 equal pieces and roll each ball out to approximately 20cm in diameter. I have to give Will credit for the tortilla rolling.
Cook each tortilla in a hot, lightly oiled pan for 30-60 seconds each side or until bubbles form like this.
Flip and cook on the other side for 30-60 seconds. Wrap cooked tortillas in a wet tea-towel to keep them soft. When you’re ready to use them, heat in alfoil in the oven or pop in the microwave for about 30 seconds.
Once you get the hang of it, you can use two pans at once to really speed up the process.
Quick Spanish lesson – ‘tortilla’ is pronounced tor-ti-ya not like the way we pronounce words with ‘ll’. ‘Ll’ is actually a letter in Spanish and pronounced ‘ya.’ Enjoy!
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Flour tortillas
These freeze well too, just microwave defrosted tortillas before use.
Flour Tortillas
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Hi, sorry if this seems like a dumb question, but is the flour mentioned just plain flour?
No such thing as a dumb question! Yep just regular plain flour is fine. I use bakers flour now but plain flour is fine for these. Hope you like them!
Have you tried freezing these?
Hi Cass. I sure have. I always freeze the leftovers. Just leave them on the bench wrapped in a tea towel to defrost and microwave them wrapped in the tea towel too.
going to make this too. I make my own corn tortillas but never tried the flour version. Looks very easy!
I might have to get your corn tortilla recipe. I haven’t tried corn versions yet but I love them for enchiladas.