Sunday, April 14, 2013

It's a wrap! Homemade flour tortillas vr. store-bought tortillas

Mexican dinner? Mexican party? Mexican Fiesta? No time to plan , no time to cook.Let's go to the store and grab a pack of tortillas!
It is easier   to go to the store and buy those soft, always fresh, never messy  tortillas than  make your very own tedious homemade tortillas. You grab a pack at the store, open it at home, warm it, wrap it around your favorite food  and ta-da you feel like you are ready to party , ready for the Mexico's white sand beaches........ and yet, when was the last time you had a store-bought tortilla that you wanted to eat plain, right out of the bag?
The only Mexican Fiesta you get from store-bought tortillas is the Fiesta of  unknown ingredients and components (ingredients of ingredients) that hold the tortillas together.
Store-bought tortillas are made with  more than 20 ingredients and more than 15 components (ingredients of ingredients)
On the other hand Homemade flour tortillas are made  with ONLY 4 ingredients.

Water, Flour, olive oil and salt


Yep..only 4 ingredients and no preservatives or binding agents.
I am looking at the label above and at the picture below and I am wondering.....do I want to eat tedious Real food or a Mexican Fiesta of unknown ingredients?




If your answer is I want to eat REAL food below is the recipe for homemade Flour Tortillas


Homemade Flour Tortillas  ( 8-10 big tortillas)
Ingredients
500gr. flour 

1 teaspoon salt
70-80gr. olive oil  

250gr.  warm  water

Directions
Combine into a dough  all the ingredients in a large bowl.

Turn the dough out onto a floured surface and knead it  until it’s elastic.
Divide the dough into equal pieces and roll each piece into a ball. Set it aside  for  30  minutes.
On a lightly floured surface, roll the balls of dough out into very flat circles.
Heat  a nonstick pan to hot and cook each tortilla, flipping it over as it starts to brown and bubble

The tortillas keep well for a few days in a sealed plastic bag.

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