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Tortillas

post #1 of 7
1/30/08 at 5:37pm
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i want to attempt to make some homemade flour tortillas. i have never made them, do you use a press or do you roll them out? have any tips for me? i think i can find a recipe online unless someone wants to share theirs.. thanks guys!
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post #2 of 7
1/30/08 at 5:46pm
I press when I make mine. Just kind of flatten them against your palms according to the size you want.
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post #3 of 7
1/30/08 at 6:53pm
I use a press for the corn tortillas and flour works in a similar way (although there's certainly more resistance in a flour tortilla). If you don't have a tortilla press use a heavy butcher block or flat dinner plate with a weight on top and simply press down on the ball of tortilla dough as you would a corn tortilla, of course with the ball of tortilla dough being layered by two sheets of plastic, wax paper or parchment..
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post #4 of 7
1/31/08 at 8:30am

corn tortillas

Corn tortillas are the best. Personally, you can do either way just depends on what you want. I just form them by hand. In my travels in Latin America the torillas I had were small (about the size of the palm of your hand) and a little bit thicker, and everyone I saw was just forming them by hand. Have fun. Fresh torillas are the best.
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post #5 of 7
1/31/08 at 9:48am
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thanks, i am getting so hungry just thinking about them!
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post #6 of 7
2/1/08 at 4:32pm
I form them by hand as well. Have fun!!
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post #7 of 7
2/2/08 at 8:49am
Buy the press.....make sure to line it when you flatten your masa out.
I use a large ziploc bag cut down the seams. For flour tortillas a rolling
pin works pretty well. Just make sure not to over work your dough and let
it rest a little before working it.....good luck
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