The homemade flour tortillas from this recent post work great when they are acting as a supporting player in your meal. When you have a dominant sauce/salsa providing most of the flavor then you usually don’t need any competing flavors from the tortilla. But you are busy right? It’s not easy to find time to make Mexican masterpieces…
Tortillas
I've been on a homemade tortilla quest for years and this category has all the tortilla recipes you'll need to get you started. The best way to start is to buy some Masa Harina and make some Homemade Corn Tortillas.
Homemade Flour Tortillas Done Right
Quickly scan this ingredient list: Bleached wheat flour, interesterified soybean oil, hydrogenated soybean oil, water, sodium bicarbonate, sodium aluminum sulfate, monocalcium phosphate, sugar, sodium acid pyrophosphate, calcium propionate, sorbic acid, potassium sorbate, monoglycerides, enzymes, sodium stearoyl lactylate, wheat starch, sodium metabisulfate. When combined, these ingredients will make: A) cement B) barbiturates laced with bleached flour C)…
Did You Say Homemade Lard?!
Refried beans, flour tortillas, tamales…they all have a secret ingredient in common that makes them taste Mexican. What is it? Answer: lard. Be honest, when you hear “lard” what’s the first image that pops in your head? Traffic jam at the main aorta valve? A pair of treasured jeans that you can no longer…