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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