Homemade Corn and Flour Tortillas
Inspired by techniques from America's Test Kitchen and NYT Cooking.
Both soft flour tortillas and pressed corn tortillas, cooked on a dry, hot cast-iron pan.
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Method
- 1
Flour dough. Mix the flour, salt and baking powder, add the oil and water and knead 2-3 min until smooth; divide into 8 balls and rest, covered, 30 min.
- 2
Corn dough. Mix the masa harina, salt, oil and most of the water to a soft dough like play dough, adding more water if it cracks; divide into 12 balls and keep covered.
- 3
Roll. Roll each flour ball into a thin 20 cm round; press each corn ball between the paper sheets to a 14 cm round.
- 4
Cook. Heat the dry cast-iron pan over medium-high; cook flour tortillas about 1 min each side until blistered with brown spots; cook corn tortillas 50 s, flip for 1 min, then flip back and press gently so they puff.
- 5
Keep warm. Stack in the tea towel as they come off the pan so they stay soft.
Storage
Keep wrapped in the fridge for up to 3 days; reheat in a dry pan. Cool leftovers in a shallow container and refrigerate within 2 hours (within 1 hour on a day above 32°C).
EU nutrition claims
- Sugar-free: 0.2 g sugars per 100 g (limit ≤ 0.5 g)
Per 100 g of the finished dish, worked out from the nutrition per serving and the lowest likely cooked weight (about 54 g a serving), so the true values are, if anything, lower. Thresholds from the Annex to EU Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006. How we decide
Free sugars
0 g per serving
0 % of the 50 g daily maximum · 0 % of the ideal 25 g
Free sugars under 50 g a day, ideally about 25 g, based on WHO free-sugar guidance (not endorsed by WHO). The share shown is the share of one serving. WHO
Equipment
- 2 bowls
- rolling pin
- tortilla press or heavy pan
- 2 pieces of baking paper or a cut-open freezer bag
- cast-iron pan
- clean tea towel
Nutrition per serving (estimated values)
| Per serving | Amount |
|---|---|
| Energy | 322 kcal |
| Protein | 6.4 g |
| Carbohydrate | 51.7 g |
| of which sugars | 0.1 g |
| of which free sugars | 0 g |
| Fat | 10.1 g |
| of which saturates | 0.9 g |
| Fibre | 2.9 g |
| Salt | 1.17 g |
Protein per 100 kcal
2 g High Protein needs ≥ 5 g (20% of energy)
Calculated from USDA FoodData Central ingredient values
