Homemade Flour Tortillas

Recipe Review #2 (This recipe review for Homemade Flour Tortillas is from our 52 New Recipes in 2021 series. Check it out to find unique new recipes that we have tried).

Date: January 13, 2021

Name: Homemade Flour Tortillas

Source: Allrecipes.com

Taste rating: 4 out of 5 (5 is best)

Ease of preparation rating: 3 out of 5 (1 is easiest)

I’ve wanted to make tortillas for a while, but when I purchased Tortilla Land tortillas the other week, I found myself amazed while cooking the tortilla (it really doesn’t take much to excite me). I knew then that homemade tortillas should be one of my new recipes to try in 2021.

Notes:

– It says to get the dough to a cornmeal consistency….I didn’t seem to experience that at all, but I feel I did successfully combined the lard into the flour mixture. I assume that was the objective of that statement.

– I ended up kneading a bit more than I expected but that seemed to be needed to get the right dough elasticity.

– I had a really hard time rolling the balls into a circle. I assume a tortilla press would make it much easier to get circles.

– The tortillas weren’t difficult to make, just a little time consuming.

– It was helpful to have one person flipping while the other person rolled.

– We also used two burners and two non stick pans to make the 24 tortillas faster.

– We kept them warm in the crockpot with a damp towel at the bottom, the crockpot on the “warm” setting, and with the lid on.

– The flavor was great! (I assume the lard has almost everything to do with that.)

– The texture was good but thicker than I wanted. We could still fill them with fixings and turn up the sides without it breaking or falling apart.

– We ate them as shrimp tacos; inspired by this recipe’s shrimp, slaw, and sauce.

I would make these again! However I have Tortilla Land tortillas sitting in my shopping cart right now. They bubble up even better, are thin and flavorful, faster to cook, and also include zero lard.

Have you ever made your own tortillas? What’s your favorite recipe? We are thinking we might try corn tortillas later this year. Please share any corn tortilla insight with us.