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Soft, flexible homemade tortillas are easier than you think, and this recipe shows how to get them to puff on the skillet without turning stiff or dry. The dough starts with all-purpose flour, masa preparado, salt, cold lard, unsalted butter, and warm water, then gets mixed until it becomes smooth and no longer sticky.

A separate batch of corn tortillas uses masa harina, salt, and lukewarm water, with simple adjustments if the dough is too crumbly or too wet. Both doughs are rested before shaping, then rolled or pressed and cooked over medium heat for about 30 to 45 seconds per side until they bubble and cook through.

The result is homemade flour tortillas and corn tortillas that are soft, pliable, and ideal for tacos, burritos, wraps, and quick meals. For best results, the recipe also notes that a thinner pan or griddle can heat faster than cast iron on an induction burner.

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Transcript
00:03all right we're gonna jump right into this recipe and we're gonna get started on our flour tortillas
00:08the first thing you'll need is one and a half cups of all-purpose flour or 198 grams a half
00:15cup or 66 grams of masa preparata then you're gonna toss in two tablespoons or eight grams of
00:21salt this is where you'll want to grab your paddle attachment and mix your dry ingredients now of
00:27course if you don't have a mixer a whisk will do fine here now once your dry ingredients are mixed
00:33toss in about a half cup or 82 grams of cold lard and then last but not least two tablespoons
00:39or 24
00:40grams of unsalted butter now you're going to let this mixture run until it turns into almost a
00:47cornmeal type mixture when that happens you're going to switch over to a dough hook now put your
00:52mixer on slow and then slowly add your final ingredient which is two-thirds cup or 121 grams
00:59of water you'll definitely want to make sure that this water is warm and once you've added your water
01:04you're gonna slowly increase the speed of your mixer scraping the sides is necessary now if you don't
01:10have a mixer you can absolutely do all this by hand I'm just lazy and I have a weird phobia
01:15about stuff
01:16being stuck to my hands now once your dough is no longer sticky you're gonna want to throw a little
01:33flour in your counter and form your dough into a small loaf wrap it tight with plastic wrap and let
01:39it rest for about an hour now while our flour dough is resting let's get to work on these corn
01:53tortillas
01:54first we're gonna start off with two cups of 193 grams of masa harina this comes in white or yellow
02:01they
02:02were out of the yellow which I would have picked but I don't think there's any difference in flavor so
02:06I
02:06went ahead and used the white now you're gonna throw in a half a teaspoon or two grams of salt
02:12just a sprinkle to make you tingle if you know what I'm saying whisk it in whisking is important for
02:17things like this because it ensures that your dry ingredients are fairly evenly spread out before
02:21you start dropping liquids and binding things together now we're gonna break out our dough hook
02:26and we're gonna set it to low while we add one and a half cups or 338 grams of lukewarm
02:33water slowly to
02:35our mixer again this can also be done by hand after your water is added slowly bump that speed up
02:43to
02:43medium-high scraping the sides where needed if at any point your dough is too crumbly go ahead and
02:52toss a little more water in if it's too wet toss in some more masa and once your dough is
02:57the right
02:57consistency you're gonna want to form it into a ball cover your bowl with plastic wrap and let it sit
03:0330
03:03minutes at room temperature now we're gonna hop back over to our flour dough divide it into as equal as
03:13possible parts flatten it out using either a rolling pin or as I did a tortilla press and then we're
03:18gonna
03:18fry it 30 to 45 seconds per side on medium heat or just until it starts to bubble
03:32and now with the corn tortillas it's basically the exact same process the only difference is is I'm
03:39gonna spread a little oil around the bottom of the pan to kind of freshen it up since we've already
03:43cooked a
03:43bunch of flour tortillas and I don't want the corn tortillas to stick it's really that simple it's
03:53insanely easy and your tortillas are gonna be so much better it's very little effort it's a huge reward
04:00the only suggestion I would offer is maybe don't start off using a cast iron on an induction burner you
04:06might want to use a thinner pan or a griddle so it'll heat up a little quicker and cook a
04:11little faster
04:11for you now me I'm gonna slice up this tri-tip throw a little chimichurri on top but you can
04:20use yours for
04:21whatever they're the perfect accent to almost any meal whether you want tacos or whatever they're great

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