Adventures in Tortilla Making!
You might not know from looking at me but this was not my first tortilla making experience. I made them a few years ago for me and my sweetie. And while I don't really remember anything about the experience I can only assume it went well and we enjoyed them. At least I'd like to assume we did because it's either that or it was so hideously scarring to my psyche that I have repressed the terrible tortilla memories....
But here I am again entering the tortilla making world! I got the recipe from AllRecipes.Com
This is my favorite place on the internet to get recipes. I am totally addicted to finding recipes that have a zillion reviews. I mean it just makes good sense! You open a cookbook and a recipe stares coldly back at you giving away none of the hidden dangers and potential awfulness of it's end result to you. But at AllRecipes.Com you can get recipes that have been reviewed and rated by regular people. Some times hundreds of reviews for a single recipe!
So the recipe was simple, flour, water, salt and shortening.
I used all unbleached white flour and coconut oil instead of the flour and shortening they called for in the recipe. No explosions or fires so doesn't seem to have affected the recipe in any negative way!
Below are my beautiful tortilla dough balls. They said it's better to let them rest for an hour, I let mine rest for 2 cause we went out shopping for a nunchuck. (Not the weapon but the game controller accessory for the Nintendo Wii.)
Mine might have dried out slightly as I forgot to cover them with a towel, but it didn't really matter. Sure my tortillas might not have rolled out in to perfectly round circles with no cracked edges. But I can assure you cracked edges doesn't affect the flavor. Don't believe me? Go ahead, rip open the STORE BOUGHT tortillas I'm sure you have in your fridge and rip up the edges......I'll wait.............tasted the same didn't they? You feel silly now don't you. Don't worry I won't tell...(I say feeling superior)
Rolling the dough was fun. It behaved nicely and didn't stick to my counter. I did take the precaution of a little pre-flouring the rolling pin and counter surface though. Nothing makes me feel more chef like then wildly sprinkling things during the course of a recipe. Be it flour, garlic powder, coarse salt...or...red pepper flakes. I can NOT resist the act of sprinkling. Alan can tell you about the freakishly hot pasta dishes I made him when we first lived together. I just couldn't stop sprinkling red pepper flakes. Grab a pinch and sprinkle into the pot..if one is fun then seven is heaven. I'd like to say my pasta was so good it made Alan cry...but it was the red pepper flakes......
Anyways after rolling out the balls into nice thin circle-ish shapes I got my cast iron skillet screaming hot. I am in the first stages of a re-newed relationship with my cast iron skillet. We've had a bit of a rocky past and just recently I've invited it back into my life. So far we're getting along fine. As long as it doesn't betray me and make my food stick to it I'll try to keep it nicely seasoned and oiled.
The Tortillas literally just took a minute to cook, 30 seconds each side. We like ours a little charred so a little charred I let them get.
MMMmmmmmmm Yummy looking huh? But what to do with a yummy home made tortilla? I made wraps for Alan and I. First slathered vegenaise on the warm tortilla. (vegenaise is like mayo only a zillion times tastier and better for you to boot, it's also egg free and the one we used is made with grapeseed oil, good for the heart!) Then I put leftover salsa, some cooked chicken breast with smoked paprika and smoke seasoning and garlic on it followed by a small pile of lettuce. Rolled it up as tight as I could with out ripping the tortilla and....VOILA!
They tasted even better then they look. And the verdict on the tortillas? Easy to make, and delicious! Alan described them as heartier then store bought ones. And he considers heartier a good thing! I'm kind of baffled at myself that it took me this long to make them a second time. I'm definitely not waiting so long to make them a third.
But here I am again entering the tortilla making world! I got the recipe from AllRecipes.Com
This is my favorite place on the internet to get recipes. I am totally addicted to finding recipes that have a zillion reviews. I mean it just makes good sense! You open a cookbook and a recipe stares coldly back at you giving away none of the hidden dangers and potential awfulness of it's end result to you. But at AllRecipes.Com you can get recipes that have been reviewed and rated by regular people. Some times hundreds of reviews for a single recipe!
So the recipe was simple, flour, water, salt and shortening.
I used all unbleached white flour and coconut oil instead of the flour and shortening they called for in the recipe. No explosions or fires so doesn't seem to have affected the recipe in any negative way!
Below are my beautiful tortilla dough balls. They said it's better to let them rest for an hour, I let mine rest for 2 cause we went out shopping for a nunchuck. (Not the weapon but the game controller accessory for the Nintendo Wii.)
Mine might have dried out slightly as I forgot to cover them with a towel, but it didn't really matter. Sure my tortillas might not have rolled out in to perfectly round circles with no cracked edges. But I can assure you cracked edges doesn't affect the flavor. Don't believe me? Go ahead, rip open the STORE BOUGHT tortillas I'm sure you have in your fridge and rip up the edges......I'll wait.............tasted the same didn't they? You feel silly now don't you. Don't worry I won't tell...(I say feeling superior)
Rolling the dough was fun. It behaved nicely and didn't stick to my counter. I did take the precaution of a little pre-flouring the rolling pin and counter surface though. Nothing makes me feel more chef like then wildly sprinkling things during the course of a recipe. Be it flour, garlic powder, coarse salt...or...red pepper flakes. I can NOT resist the act of sprinkling. Alan can tell you about the freakishly hot pasta dishes I made him when we first lived together. I just couldn't stop sprinkling red pepper flakes. Grab a pinch and sprinkle into the pot..if one is fun then seven is heaven. I'd like to say my pasta was so good it made Alan cry...but it was the red pepper flakes......Anyways after rolling out the balls into nice thin circle-ish shapes I got my cast iron skillet screaming hot. I am in the first stages of a re-newed relationship with my cast iron skillet. We've had a bit of a rocky past and just recently I've invited it back into my life. So far we're getting along fine. As long as it doesn't betray me and make my food stick to it I'll try to keep it nicely seasoned and oiled.
The Tortillas literally just took a minute to cook, 30 seconds each side. We like ours a little charred so a little charred I let them get.
MMMmmmmmmm Yummy looking huh? But what to do with a yummy home made tortilla? I made wraps for Alan and I. First slathered vegenaise on the warm tortilla. (vegenaise is like mayo only a zillion times tastier and better for you to boot, it's also egg free and the one we used is made with grapeseed oil, good for the heart!) Then I put leftover salsa, some cooked chicken breast with smoked paprika and smoke seasoning and garlic on it followed by a small pile of lettuce. Rolled it up as tight as I could with out ripping the tortilla and....VOILA!
They tasted even better then they look. And the verdict on the tortillas? Easy to make, and delicious! Alan described them as heartier then store bought ones. And he considers heartier a good thing! I'm kind of baffled at myself that it took me this long to make them a second time. I'm definitely not waiting so long to make them a third.
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