Ingredients
Method
- Add the flour, the salt and 1 cup of the hot water to a bowl
- Mix the ingredients around in the bowl with the fingers until the mix turns into a sandy consistency. (Do not use the whole hand)
- Add the rest of the water little by little and mix it with thw whole hand. The dough should have the consistency of play-doh. Constantly knead the dough for a few minutes. If the dough is too sticky add some more flour until it has the right consistency. If the dough is too dry add more water. Adding more flour or water if the consistency is not like play-doh should be done little by little in order to find the right balance.
- Let the dough rest for 30min in the bowl. Cover the bowl with a wet towel.
- Ball up the dough into golf ball size pieces.
- Cover the tortilla press with plastic. A cut up plastic bag works best. Put a tortilla dough ball between the plastic sides into the tortilla press and press down hard on the tortilla press to flatten the dough. If you don't have a tortilla press you can use a rolling pin and roll out the dough ball (between plastic) into a round tortilla shape
- Heat up your comal, crepe pan or frying pan to very high heat. Put the tortilla into the pan and leave it for 15 sec. Flip it and leave it for 1 min. Flip it over and leave it for another 1 min. before you take it out. With the last flip the tortilla should blow up. This is a good sign, as it means that the tortilla is fully cooked. Put the finished tortilla in a tortilla basket or between 2 towels to keep them warm until served.
Video
Notes
To make perfect tortillas will take some practice. They may not blow up the first time you make tortillas. Just keep making them and make sure the dough has the consistency of play-doh, the pan is very hot and eventually they will blow up nicely. After the last flip you can give the tortilla center a nudge with 3 fingers, this can help them blow up nicely.
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