Today I'm making wheat flour tortillas, which will make a lovely base for this week's Mexican
themed meal. Earlier this week I've already made salsa, guacamole and
refried beans and now it's tortilla's turn.
It's easy to buy
tortillas but it's almost as easy to make them. The dough is quite
basic and the frying itself is a dream!
Ingredients
This recipe makes
about 6 tortillas.
400g wheat flour
2tsp baking powder
175ml water
2tbsp soft butter
Pinch of salt
Mix the flour with
the baking powder and salt. Add the soft butter or margarine and pinch it among the dough. Then add the water and knead it all to a firm and even dough.
Let the dough rise
for about 30 minutes. Then roll it out thinly with a rolling pin to frying
pan sized tortillas.
Fry them in a dry
pan (no added oil) at moderate heat until brown spots appear on the
surface. Turn them over in order to fry the other side and they're
done.
These can be combined with a whole range of vegetables but tomorrow my combination shall be revealed and my Mexican experiments will then come to an end until the next time.
Your VegHog
When mixing the ingredients to get a better texture, do you prefer using an electric mixer or do you do it by spoon?
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Oh sorry, I didn't put my reply as a reply, so it's below.
DeleteI don't own a really good mixer at the moment, so in this case I first mixed with spoon and then kneaded by hand. I'd love to buy a good food processor one day though.
ReplyDeleteOh okay, thank you!
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