Flour Tortillas
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Recipe: #9211
April 23, 2013
"Adapted from a recipe in Elena's Secrets of Mexican Cooking by Elena Zelayeta."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (71 g)
- Calories 228.6
- Total Fat - 8.9 g
- Saturated Fat - 3.4 g
- Cholesterol - 8.1 mg
- Sodium - 389.2 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 31.8 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1.1 g
- Sugars - 0.1 g
- Protein - 4.3 g
- Calcium - 7.1 mg
- Iron - 0.5 mg
- Vitamin C - 0 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg
Step 1
Mix together lard, salt, and flour with a pastry cutter or food processor until lard is incorporated.
Step 2
Add water a bit at a time and knead into a smooth dough.
Step 3
Divide dough into 6 pieces, roll into a ball, and let sit for 30 minutes under a towel or plastic wrap.
Step 4
Place dough ball on a piece of waxed paper, flatten slightly, then top with another piece of paper and slightly flattened dough ball.
Step 5
Roll dough this way, 2 pieces at a time into 8 inch circles.
Step 6
Cook tortillas for a couple of minutes on an ungreased comal or cast iron skillet; avoid breaking any bubbles and lightly brown each side.
Step 7
Allow to cool then store in a ziplock bag until needed.
Tips & Variations
- Waxed paper