Cooking and Serving: 30 minutes | 8 tortillas (6-inches in diameter))
Ingredients
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Description
Prep Time: 15 minutes | Cook Time: 15 minutes | Total Time: 30 minutes | Servings: 8 tortillas (6-inches in diameter))
Instructions
HOW TO MAKE CORN TORTILLAS WITHOUT A PRESS
Fresh Gluten Free Corn Tortillas, Step [‘.
Gluten Free Corn Tortillas, Step.
The main differences between rolling out corn tortillas with a press and rolling.
them out without one are the amount of time it takes, and the bother. It’s quite.
easy to roll them out either way, but given the texture of the masa dough, a.
tortilla press just works so well.
To roll them out without a press, you simply place the same ball of masa dough.
between two sheets of unbleached parchment paper. Unbleached parchment is more.
flexible than the bleached kind, and it’s more stable than plastic wrap.
The paper will wrinkle when you roll out the dough, so your tortillas will have.
some wrinkles that you can smooth out with wet fingers if that sort of thing.
Remember that a rolling pin is just that, a rolling pin. Not a pressing pin. A.
rolling motion, with light, even pressure does the work. The harder you press,.
the more uneven your raw tortilla will be.
HOW TO MAKE CORN TORTILLAS WITH A PRESS (AND WHICH PRESS TO BUY).
A ball of masa dough on a tortilla press, and the dough as pressed.
ball of masa dough on a tortilla press, and the dough as pressed.
If you have or decide to purchase a tortilla press, you’ll find that it’s best.
to line your press with a deconstructed plastic zip-top bag. You can use the.
plastic squares again and again (and again).
A quart-sized plastic zip-top bag, when separated and halved, is the perfect.
size to cover a standard 7 1/2-inch tortilla press and the thickness of the.
plastic is spot on for this task. Plastic wrap is simply too thin and prone to.
wrinkling, and it doesn’t allow you the freedom to lift it off the press each.
time to roll the dough a bit thinner and then peel away the plastic from the raw.
A ball of masa dough sitting in the middle of a tortilla press.
ball of masa dough sitting in the middle of a tortilla press.
Using a press will produce a slightly thicker tortilla than is optimal. I remedy.
this nearly nonexistent problem press and rolling it a bit thinner on a flat surface with a rolling pin.
Remember that corn tortillas are typically a bit thicker than flour tortillas.
Don’t try to roll them as thin or the dough will break and so will the.
tortillas. Try to roll the dough a bit more than the thickness of a nickel. As.
long as they’re warm, they’ll still bend but won’t break.
WHICH PRESS TO BUY
I have a simple aluminum tortilla press made a local kitchen supply store. I can’t seem to find it available online to.
provide you with a link, but this press from Fox Run.
There are plenty of cast iron tortilla presses available, but they’re heavy and.
I simply don’t see the point. They also tend to be much more expensive. I like.
WHICH PRESS TO BUY
I have a simple aluminum tortilla press made a local kitchen supply store. I can’t seem to find it available online to.
provide you with a link, but this press from Fox Run.
There are plenty of cast iron tortilla presses available, but they’re heavy and.
I simply don’t see the point. They also tend to be much more expensive. I like.
Notes
Originally published on the blog in July 2012. Recipe refreshed, retooled and
re-photographed in 2015; video and photos using tortilla press new in 2019.
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an
Two corn tortillas with bean taco filling
corn tortillas with bean taco filling