After making homemade tortillas, you'll never go back to store-bought, especially after realizing how easy they are to make!
Ingredients
250 g all-purpose flour (2 cups)
5 g salt (1 tsp)
12 g vegetable oil (1 tbsp)
125 g warm water (1/2 cup)
50 g pork lard (1/4 cup)
Alternatively, you can substitute shortening for lard, or use ½ butter, ½ shortening.
Instructions
Mix ingredients in a bowl, until loose dough forms.
Bring to countertop, kneading dough until smooth about 5-8 minutes.
Wrap dough with plastic wrap and let sit at room temperature for 1 hour.
Once dough has rested, portion out tortillas (portions will depend on how large you want them - I opted for a smaller tortilla, so I portioned them out to 25-30 grams each).
Get a heavy cast iron pan on about medium heat (my dial was at 4), let it warm about 10 minutes before cooking the tortillas, adjust heat accordingly as you cook tortillas.
On a lightly floured work surface, use a floured rolling pin to form the dough into a rounded tortilla shape.
The dough should be quite strong and pliable, so you can roll it very thing, until it's slightly transparent.
Place tortilla in cast iron pan, cooking for about 45 seconds, or until lightly browned and bubbling, then flip and cook for another 30-45 seconds.
Place tortillas on a clean towel, stacking and keeping covered as you toast the rest. To keep warm longer, store the wrapped tortillas in a small pot with a lid.
This recipe will make 15-18 small tortillas.
Recipe by The Adventures of Bob & Shan at https://theadventuresofbobandshan.com/flour-tortillas/