Trudy Olive's Tortilla Recipe

[DizzyGirl]

Deep fryers are very safe H. Just follow the instructions. We had one til DH melted the lid by putting it on the stove top which had just been on. :@(
Trying to lower fat intake so I now just cook everything in the oven.

[Halex]

I bought it to make chips once a month as a treat. I will have to post a photo of it, its a stainless steele one.

H

[JulieO]

Hally and Fundj your tortillas look excellent. Not hard to make are they, just fiddly, but worth the trouble as they taste much better. Another way to keep them supple is to put them in a large zip lock bag if they won't fit in your thermoserver.   

[fundj&e]

i have been playing around with these  for a few hours

while i was making a snack  with the ones i made yesterday which i must say it was yum i had a thought

why not cook them in the sandwhich press, the 1st one was over cooked the second one was to thin and it cracked
the 3rd one was just right, it only needs about 1min to cook

[DizzyGirl]

YUM fundj. Great idea. I love a toasted wrap.

[Halex]

Julie O what sizre are yours, mine measrured 10" x about 9".

Uni, i had the same idea in bed last night, my helath press, did you use oil?

Taste great dont they

H

[fundj&e]

they do taste great H, the overcooked one was great too i spread some tuna pate yum yum 

no oil 

[JulieO]

Great ideas there Fundj.

Hally, I made 8 out of the mix and the size of the rounds just fit nicely into the thermoserver.  I made them as you know for the beef enchiladas and are the perfect size for that meal.  6 sounds right for when wanting stand alone wraps. 

[Halex]

Looking at buying a tortilla press, needs to be 10" to ake a good size wrap.

Does anyone have one & are they worth it.

H

[Chelsea (Thermie Groupie)]

I have the same press as JulieO Halex and have only used it once.  I found it didn't press them flat enough and I still had to roll them (a lot!!!). I make my wraps thin like store bought ones though. I find putting them on a plate inside a plastic shopping bag works well to keep them warm before using. I use my bread mat and roll them really thin (no flour) and don't use oil to fry them.  Just a hot pan and a few second on either side.  Better to undercook than overcook wraps.

[Halex]

Thanks Chelsea, its the rolling I dont like, but if you still have to roll I wont bother buying one. Defeats the point of buying one.

H

[Chelsea (Thermie Groupie)]

My thoughts exactly Halex. You still need a lot of elbow grease. 

[Halex]

Thanks Chelsea, might as well see if I can get DH to do the hard yakka

He & ds have said they wont eat shop bought ones, so fair is fair....  i will spend all that time kneading wearing my fingers to the bone, LOL

H

[JulieO]

The tortilla press is really for pressing corn tortillas (masa flour).  They press very thinly and don't spring back like the wheat ones.  I have tried them, bought the flour specially, but I didn't like the taste at all. 

Because I have one l still use the press for the wheat ones to flatten and get a round shape and then use a rolling pin from there, but it's not worth buying one just for that.      

[fundj&e]

thanks Julie for that info