An excellent way to wrap a variety of tasty ingredients for "crumb and dribble free" hand to mouth feeding.
Traditionally made from corn or maize (pre-soaked in lime juice to release the vitamin niacin and the amino acid tryptophan), the wheat based tortilla is an innovation made with an unleavened, water based dough, pressed and cooked like corn tortillas, as follows.
4 Cups flour 1/2 Cup of shortening, 1 tsp. salt 1 Cup of warm water
Mix 2 Cups flour, all of the shortening and salt until the mixture has the consistency of small crumbles. Add the warm water. Mixture will be sticky. Add what remaining flour is needed and knead until dough is pliable and spring. cover and let sit for a minimum of one hour. Form a ball from a small portion and roll out with rolling pin and cook over medium heat on a cast iron skillet until brown spots form.
Soft flour tortilla recipe
Soft flour tortillas are actually quite simple things to make, but there are a lot of different soft flour tortilla recipes out there it's hard to know where to start.
I thought I'd create my own simple tortilla recipe seeing as I love them so much. Many recipes on the internet are based around vegetable shortening, which I do have in the...
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Venison Burritos (low salt)
Venison burrito tortilla recipe - my take on the standard recipe, using homemade sauce, homemade burrito seasoning, and venison mince instead of beef or chicken.
Tonight I thought I'd try and rework one of my favourite weeknight meals, the burrito tortilla. Burritos are great because you can make them as spicy as you like, and you can really...
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