How To Make Tortillas I Recipe

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Mexican chef Elias Silva Resinas shows us how to make the perfect tortillas for making tacos with!

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00:00 Hello everyone, my name is Elias.

00:01 I'm the head chef of Vellacanta,

00:02 and today I'm gonna show you how to make tortillas.

00:05 We're gonna start making the tortillas.

00:09 So to make the tortillas, we need to mix corn flour.

00:13 This kind of corn flour you can find in any store here.

00:17 Just gonna add a little of that,

00:18 and a little bit of warm water, just a tiny bit.

00:22 And we're gonna mix all this,

00:25 that is gonna turn out into a masa.

00:27 Masa in Mexico, we use it for everything.

00:29 We use masa to make tamales, tortillas for the tacos.

00:33 It's the primarily ingredient in Mexican food.

00:37 So we're just gonna mix all this.

00:39 Just mix it with your hands.

00:41 We're looking to get a kind of like a dry dough,

00:47 a dry masa, I would call it in Mexico.

00:50 Just mix it super well.

00:52 That's it, once you get a kind of like a dry masa

00:57 that it doesn't stick in your hand,

00:59 it will be ready to go.

01:01 So get a wet towel, just put it on top of your masa

01:05 while you turn on the pan for the tortillas

01:08 so the masa doesn't get dry and then they're gonna break.

01:11 Once the masa is ready, just start making small balls.

01:16 So you can press them after to make the tortillas.

01:19 Just make sure whenever you're rolling

01:21 to make the small balls, put kind of pressure

01:23 so the tortillas, they're nice and tight.

01:26 Just put it back straight in the same bowl

01:28 as you keep making them.

01:30 Just gonna use them right after now.

01:33 Just make small balls.

01:35 It depends how big you want your tortillas.

01:37 If you want them big, make quite a big balls.

01:39 If you want small, just make tiny balls.

01:42 I would recommend you about like 15 grams

01:45 for a piece of tortilla.

01:46 Remember, tortilla is just corn and water,

01:49 so they're gluten-free.

01:50 You're prepared for every occasion.

01:52 You can make tacos, you can make quesadillas,

01:55 you can make millions of things.

01:58 We're gonna start pressing the tortillas.

02:01 If you don't have a press, you can just get a rolling pan,

02:04 some paper, roll it, and then just cut it

02:06 with a cookie cutter.

02:08 Depends the size of the tortilla that you're looking for.

02:11 Just get plastic bag, like a sandwich bag.

02:15 Just cut it off, divide it in two.

02:16 Get one of your bowls.

02:20 Just put it right in the center, press a little bit.

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02:26 Just press tiny bit, fold it back again.

02:29 Press again.

02:32 Next step, let's turn on the pan, medium-high heat.

02:50 And we're just gonna press the tortillas,

02:52 put them there, 30 seconds on one side,

02:55 about 45 seconds on the other,

02:56 and then just finish it for 10 seconds.

02:58 There's a saying in Mexico that if your tortilla pop,

03:01 you're ready to get married.

03:03 Make sure you have a towel,

03:06 where you can keep them warm at all the time.

03:09 So here you have your tortillas, ready to go.

03:13 You can make tacos, you can make quesadillas,

03:15 you can make everything, put everything you want on top.

03:18 The whole process to make the tortillas,

03:21 for about four people, it will take about 20 minutes.

03:24 Just enough for everyone to have two to three tacos.

03:28 I wouldn't freeze the tortillas,

03:29 I will just make them fresh all the time.

03:32 So if you freeze them, they will break.

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