Corn Tortillas

The joy of fresh corn tortillas is easy with the help of a tortilla press.  I used to roll them with a rolling pin, and the press cuts the prep time almost in half.


Ingredients:

1 c. masa harina
2/3 c. water
1/8 t. salt
1 t. lime juice

Instruction:

Mix ingredients till moist and combined.  Dough should stick together when made into a ball.  If dough is to sticky, add a little more masa harina, if too dry a dab of water.  Let dough rest for a few moments.  Heat a large cast iron skillet or non stick griddle to medium hot.  Make dough balls almost the size of golf balls.  You can either press them between plastic in a tortilla press or roll out on a flat surface between plastic wrap with a rolling pin to about 1/8 inch thick.  Cook tortillas for about 1 minute on each side, not to make crispy though.  Add finished tortillas to a tortilla warmer to keep hot or a, warm towel that was misted with water.

Note:  Using a tortilla press makes simple work of making tortillas, with consistent results in thickness every time.  I recommend using two pieces of plastic wrap to avoid tortillas from sticking to the press. I found my Norpro tortilla press on Amazon.com for under $16.