Mexican Tortilla
One of my favourite things in the world are Mexican food nights at home - the dishes are so easy to share and everything is so delicious. I used to buy a lot of pre-made Mexican food like the already made tortillas and some of the spice mixes but the more I cooked the more I wanted my food to be authentic and home made. It all started with experimenting different types of guacamole and coming up with my favourite Herb Guacamole recipe and was followed by countless visits to the Mexican Shop to buy different kinds of dried chillies. Some dishes you can make along with these tortillas are the Chicken Tinga and the Mexican Lentil Salad.
I love these tortillas as they are so easy to make and guests are always so impressed that you actually made the tortillas yourself (they think it’s a long and tedious job when it actually only took you 20 min at max). They are fluffy and the you can really taste the difference with store bought tortillas which dry up and are way too hard - these tortillas will hug your food and make for a perfect food transporter.
Prep Time: 20 Min + Resting Time
Cooking Time: 2/3 Min per Tortilla
Ingredients (for around 20 tortillas)
All purpose flour - 900gr
Butter - 120gr
Milk (room temperature) - 240ml
Lukewarm Water - 240ml
Baking Powder - 1 tea spoon
Salt - 1 Tbs
How to:
Take a bowl and mix the flour, salt, baking powder and mix using your hands.
After you have mixed for around 2 min you can add the butter and keep mixing with your hands until the mixture is crumbly.
After this add the milk and water (both lukewarm/room temperature) and mix until it’s gooey and uniform.
Now it’s time to work your tortillas - sprinkle some flour on a working area and transfer the mixture.
Knead it until it is nice and smooth - this should take around 5 min.
Once your dough is done, start making little balls (you should make around 20 equal balls)
Cover the dough balls with a cloth and let them rest for at least one hour - you can also leave them to rest up until 12 hours (in the refrigerator).
Once the wait is over you can take a small frying pan and start heating it up. You won’t need any oil/butter for cooking the tortillas - just heat.
With the help of a rolling pin flatten the dough balls into round tortillas.
Place them in the frying pan one by one, leaving them to cook for around 1 minute on each side - there should be some darker spots (as shown in the image) this is how you know the tortilla is perfect.
Hint: Tortillas are a bit like crepes, the first one or two will not come out perfectly as the pan is still heating up and you are getting used to flipping them at the right time but don’t get discouraged.