“Making your own tortillas is easy!” said Kim Sims, the instructor for the tortilla class at this past weekend’s Sustainable NE Seattle Hands on Skills Fair.
She was right; within a few minutes several students had made some well shaped and tasty tortillas.
Here’s the delicious recipe.
According to Kim adding a teaspoon of duck fat or lard makes the tortillas stick together better and helps them to brown nicely. Mixing is also easier if the water is hot.
Masa is a corn flour with lime added.
Put the flour and water in a bowl with the salt.
Mix well. Mixture should make a slightly tacky ball.
Place a ball of dough on a tortilla press.
Squish slightly with your fingers. Using plastic on the press makes clean-up a snap and can lessen sticking.
Cook both sides on a hot, ungreased griddle.
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