Corn Tortillas
Make your own corn tortillas with two ingredients and a tortilla press. It's easier than you'd think, and very satisfying, it's absolutely a weeknight undertaking.
Servings: 8 tortillas
Ingredients
- 1 cup masa harina
- ⅛ teaspoon of salt
- ⅔ cup of water
Instructions
- Assemble your press, parchment paper, masa harina, and salt on the counter top. Add a large mixing bowl, two spatulas, and a frying pan to the setup, and let’s get started.
- Mix the masa harina and salt in a mixing bowl and use your clean hands or a spatula to mix thoroughly.
- Add in the water, stirring with the spatula or your hands until an elastic but not sticky dough ball forms. Add more water or masa bit by by if needed to get the ball to come together and feel doughy and not crumbly or gooey.
- Remove the dough ball and use a knife to divide equally into eight pieces.
- Use your hands to roll the dough into balls and set aside.
- Line the tortilla press with parchment paper on the bottom. Place a dough ball on top, and second piece of parchment paper on top.
- Lock the tortilla press in the flattening position. Open it and turn the flattened dough a quarter turn.
- Lock the press again. Repeat if it looks like the tortilla isn’t evenly squashed.
- Remove the flattened tortilla to the frying pan which should be heated to medium high.
- Heat the tortilla on each side for 1 minute, flipping in between to ensure doneness and that they are not burning. Set aside on a waiting plate and cover the hot tortillas with a towel to keep warm.
- Continue making tortillas in the press and putting in the pan after the last one is done.
- Taco time! Use immediately.