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ˇYay! Mexican food owns. And because I live 20 minutes away from the border, it's not exactly hard to get whatever ingredients I need, for cheap. Let's start off with flour tortillas, which go with everything. I'm vegan, so the fat I use is shortening (or sometimes canola oil) but feel free to go with lard or a 50/50 mix of lard + shortening, or add some butter, or whatever: Flour Tortillas 3/4 lbs flour 5 tbsp fat 3/4 tsp salt ~3/4 cup warm water (Optional: scant 1/2 tsp baking powder) Mix the flour and fat until the fat's all mixed in. The mixture should be sort of crumbly. Add the salt and some of the water in and combine. You want enough water to make everything damp but not very wet or anything. Knead until smooth - you don't need to knead as much as bread, but it should be sort of stretchy (Rick Bayless says it should be 'firm' which might be more helpful but whatever). Robert Rodriguez has an example if you need to see it in action. Split into 12 balls and let rest for 15-30 minutes or more if you have the time. Cover them with something so they don't dry out. Plastic wrap or a damp cloth works. On a floured surface roll them out to a ~7 inch circle: flatten the dough a bit, roll it out, turn it 1/3rd of a turn, roll again, keep on going, etc. Put onto a heated cast iron pan (or something else heavy) on medium to medium high heat. Bubbles should form. Give it 30-45 seconds (you want it to be browning) then flip it over and give it another 30-45 seconds (it will probably puff up). Beats the poo poo out of the cardboard tortillas they sell at the grocery store.
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You can roll corn tortillas if you want. You just can't press flour tortillas. The second post in this thread, right after the OP, has helpful advice.
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Chumpion posted:Are there any mexican cookbooks or reading or blogs that you goons would find indispensable?
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Boris Galerkin posted:Every time I make corn tortillas I can't make it so that they start bubbling and puffing up when I put it on the stove. Am I just not using enough water? I don't really measure it but maybe I should a few times. I just add enough water to get a consistency where I can make balls with it and then smash it down.
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May 4, 2014 16:37
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Edminster posted:What? No, this is wrong. Corn tortillas will puff up into a nice ball when properly made.
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Flautas.
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