Tortillas de Harina
There's nothing better than fresh homemade tortilla hot off the comal, and, with the use of a kitchen scale, it couldn't be faster to pull this dough together.
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Ingredients
- 16 ounces all-purpose flour
- 4 ounces pork lard or shortening
- 1 cup boiling water
- 2 tsp. salt
Instructions
- In a large bowl add flour and shortening. Using your hands or a pastry blender, work the shortening into the flour until the mixture resembles wet sand.
- Bring to boil a cup of water. Remove from heat and add salt, stir until the salt dissolves.
- Stir in hot water to the dry ingredients until just combined. Turn out dough onto a lightly floured surface and knead until a smooth ball forms. About three minutes. Wrap dough in plastic a set aside to rest for a minimum of two hours. Do not refrigerate.
- Separate the dough into small round balls. Roughly 1.5 ounces makes a nice size tortilla. Flatten the ball on a lightly floured surface and roll once, turn 1/4 turn and roll again, repeat a few more times and continue to roll out until paper thin. Roll out all the dough.
- Heat a cast iron comal or griddle to medium heat. Splash a bit of water to check if the comal is at the proper temp. The water will sizzle and quickly evaporate when ready. Place a tortilla on the comal and cook until it just begins to bubble, flip and cook until light golden, flip to finish cooking.
- Lay out the hot tortillas onto a clean kitchen cloth to cool flat. Stack the tortillas and store in a plastic bag. They will keep refrigerated for several days or frozen.