Tortillas

[Sara-s]

Who likes tortillas? Do you make your own? Flour, corn or both?

I like to make corn tortillas. They taste good & are very healthy. (I have had some serious digestive problems, so I need be mindful about what I eat.). I love using the Masienda yellow Masa harina to make them. It’s pricey, but really tasty & much higher in fiber than the stuff I can get at the supermarket. To be fair, that’s not bad; I just think this is better. Just this week, I treated myself to a heavier tortilla press. More on that once I have had a chance to use it.

 

[Spider]

I do love tortillas, but I've probably never had a good one. I prefer flour to corn. And lately, I've only been buying the low carb ones.

Would love to try a good homemade tortilla.

 

[Sara-s]

@Spider have you ever tried making them?

 

[Spider]

@Spider have you ever tried making them?

No. I'm sure it's easy, just never looked into it.

 

[Sara-s]

No. I'm sure it's easy, just never looked into it.

It’s really not hard. It does take a bit of time -I take about 45 minutes to make a dozen corn tortillas. But there is nothing technically difficult about it. Though it’s not absolutely necessary, investing in a tortilla press would be a good idea.

 

[Sara-s]

A bit more about this; I just got a new, very nice tortilla press.
This:

Masienda Tortilla Press

Meet our best-selling tortilla press, voted best tortilla press by countless experts. It's made of rolled carbon steel and calibrated to make a range of tortilla thicknesses possible. Plus it's powder-coated in food-safe paint here in the States.

masienda.com

Their stuff is pricey, but they had a good Black Friday sale. It made the tortillas quite a bit thinner & flatter than the one I had.