davepolaschek

My friend Duckmilk gave me this tortilla recipe. Seems to work!

Ingredients

• 3 cups all purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder + a pinch of baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons sugar (4 if making sopapillas)
• ½ cup lard (lard makes it much more flavorful)
• 1 cup warm water (add more if necessary)

Technique

For technique, this recipe for tortillas seems right, and this one for sopaipillas looks good.

Comments

I knead the lard in by hand cause I can feel the texture better. Same with the water.

I pinch a ball of dough off about 1 ½” diameter, roll it in my hand and mash it fairly flat.

It is okay to let the dough sit longer than 10 minutes because that will let the gluten relax.

I also roll the tortillas more like 1/8” because they are more flexible that way. Sopas are thicker, because you want them to puff up in the oil.

I have a well-seasoned comal and I do not grease it beforehand, the lard in the tortillas will take care of that. If you do have a comal, you can use a cast iron skillet. You can use the same skillet to pan-fry the sopaipillas.

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