Quirky Cooking - Tostadas Pge 85

[Shazzy]

I made these to go with the black bean and chorizo soup. I found the first few a bit tricky to roll out but soon got the hang of it.  I also found that I actually needed less than 400g hot water when mixing the dough. They would be nice to use for a dip.  my ds15 and dh loved them. I didn't get to making the refried beans.
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[kmw]

Tostadas are on my to make list just need to get some masa harina & just found a shop here in Adelaide that specialises in Mexican food & all things chilli ... Chilli Mojo, going to check it out on the weekend.

[Katiej]

It's a cool little shop Kerry, they will have the masa harina for sure. Enjoy!
I must go there again soon to stock up on the chipotle chillies DH loves.

[kmw]

That's good to hear Katie 😄

[meganjane]

I found Masa Harina at The Essential Ingredient.

[meganjane]

There's an error in this recipe. It has 50 - 100g coconut oil for frying, then it says to add the tostadas to a dry pan. I added a bit of coconut oil to fry the first two, but then looked at the recipe again and realised that they were meant to be dry fried.

They are delicious!! I made half quantity and made 6. They were soft, not crispy, so I'm not sure if they're meant to be crispy or not. I cooked them for longer than 20 seconds on each side.

[judydawn]

That certainly appears to be the case MJ, thanks for alerting us to that.

[Shazzy]

I think if you turn the page (pg86) in step 11 it states that if you want to crisp up the tortillas you then use the coconut oil to fry. If you don't want them crisp then you wouldn't need to use the oil

[meganjane]

Ahh. I didn't turn the page as I only made the tostadas from that page. The ones I did fry in coconut oil still weren't crisp, though I didn't use a lot, only a Tbsp or so. I found the tostadas rather chewy. I tried crisping them in the oven and that was somewhat better.

I'll be trying again.

[judydawn]

Not used to turning pages, caught us both MJ 

[meganjane]

Must  try the tostadas again soon. I made the refried beans, but used kidney beans. They were delicious! I also made the raw salsa. I used my own taco seasoning instead of the spices and sugar. Very nice. I had both on a baked potato instead of tostadas as DH was having a meal from the night before.