I was wondering around Whole Foods in search of direction when it occurred to me ... that we hadn't done Mexican night in a while! I pinged Shells and asked if she was up for making tortillas, she was and so off we went!
I can't take any credit for the actual tortilla making (except for the final cooking step), it's all Shells. She starts by mixing masa (corn flour) and water into the consistency where she can shape it into dough balls and it won't break.
Once the dough is firmed up, she rolls it into small balls and then uses a tortilla press to flatten them out to the right thickness.
At this point it's my turn to take over, onto a cast iron skillet they go so that they can cook ... I like to get a nice brown char on both sides, but not too crispy.
Once the tortillas are cooked, they go into a cloth inside of a tortilla warmer. This keeps them warm while cooking additional batches, and the little bit of steam that gets created inside keeps them malleable so that they won't break why you start using them.
For this dinner, we ate the tortillas with one of my a bunch of fun dishes. I made a bubbling molcajete (beef, green sauce, onion ... topped with cheese at the end) and a batch of homemade chicken chorizo. I served the dishes with guacamole, cotija cheese, fresh limes and an awesome pico that I made after first roasting all of the ingredients. Hope you give some of this a try, enjoy!
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