The roots of both formats began in the spanish speaking countries such as mexico.
Flour tortilla dough storage.
Tortillas come in two versions.
Mix in the lard with your fingers until the flour resembles cornmeal.
Although most think that flour tortillas are better health conscious people prefer a corn one for balance.
Add the water and mix until the dough comes together.
For example the classic burrito is a flour tortilla wrap with assorted fillings.
Modern day mexican foods still rely on tortillas as a base ingredient.
Was initially planning on cooking them all and freezing them but i m wondering if i can freeze the dough balls instead so that i can defrost and cook them from fresh next time i need them.
I rolled into balls but only need a few this week.
This type lasts for a week in the pantry 3 4 weeks in the fridge and 6 8 months in the freezer.
Tortillas a spanish word meaning torta or little cake are typically grilled on the stove top and consist of flour or corn oil and salt.
Place on a lightly floured surface and knead a few minutes until smooth and elastic.
Combine the ingredients in a large bowl slightly mix by kneading the dough.
Whisk the flour salt and baking powder together in a mixing bowl.
The flour is whisked with salt and baking powder.
The storage life of spinach whole wheat and flour tortillas may extend up to 4 weeks or about a month when these are refrigerated.
The dough is kneaded gently and rolled into a ball.
Form a ball and place on a floured countertop.
Knead for 4 5 minutes.
Mexicans were and still are fond of flour tortillas.
Their cuisine is majorly based on tortillas.
Even when stored in the freezer tortillas types can differ in terms of shelf life.
Using a rolling pin the dough ball is rolled into a thin circular tortilla.
It will be a soft sticky dough.
Tortillas are gaining more and more popularity throughout the world as the variety of ingredients and variations have also grown rapidly in the last few years.
Flour s shelf life depends both on the type of flour and storage techniques you use.
I made a batch of flour tortillas using just flour salt and vegetable shortening.
In addition to sharing his method for the best homemade version he schooled me on why you should make your tortilla dough hours or even days in advance gave me tips on storing tortillas and.