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Tortillas Recipe with Butter ❤️ I grew up in Obregon, Sonora and they are an absolute staple in Northern Mexico! The OG are the lard ones but here is a requested variation.
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Why You’ll Love Tortillas Recipe with Butter
Flour tortillas are the backbone of society in Sonora, Mexico… ok maybe a bit of an exaggeration but pretty close! Growing up I would eat them freshly made with butter or bone marrow and salt. Not much has changed, since that is still still my preferred way of enjoying them.
How To Prepare Tortillas Recipe with Butter
🥣 First, add the flour to a bowl with the salt.
🧈 Secondly, add in butter and olive oil. Then, mix with your hands, you want it to look kinda like wet sand.
💧 Add in 1 cup of hot water and knead. If it feels too dry after a couple minutes add in 1/8 cup of water. Knead until smooth and soft, should be about 5 minutes.
✋🏻 Then, separate into bolitas the same size and flatten with hand.
🌟 Roll them out pretty thin with a rolling pin.
🔥 Then, cook on a preheated comal until slightly golden and bubbly on each side.
🌿 Lastly, enjoy them with roasted bone marrow, chives and flaky salt!
Substitutions and Variations
- There aren’t really substitutions for this recipe, but you can serve with pretty much anything your heart desires instead of bone marrow.
Chef’s Tip
I always rub butter on my hand before kneading and before flattening the bolitas.
Chef Nadia’s Tips 🔥
- Make the bolitas/balls the same size so all tortillas are equal.
- Measuring isn’t always a thing but I did my best, what you are looking for is texture! You want it soft but not sticky.
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Common Questions
You can eat them with pretty much anything your heart desires… You can make steak, chicken, shrimp tacos. There’s just an infinite amount of ways you can eat the tortillas. They are honestly delicious on their own as well.
I use Maldon Sea Salt Flakes.
Tortillas Recipe with Butter
Ingredients
- 2 cup all purpose flour, more for dusting
- 1 cup boiling water
- 3 ½ tbsp unsalted butter, more for rubbing on hands
- 1 ¼ tbsp olive oil
- Salt , to taste
- Bone marrow, optional
- Chives, optional
- Flaky salt, optional
Instructions
- First, add the flour to a bowl with the salt.
- Secondly, add in butter and olive oil. Then, mix with your hands, you want it to look kinda like wet sand.
- Add in 1 cup of hot water and knead. If it feels too dry after a couple minutes add in 1/8 cup of water. Knead until smooth and soft, should be about 5 minutes.
- Then, separate into bolitas the same size and flatten with hand.
- Roll them out pretty thin with a rolling pin.
- Then, cook on a preheated comal until slightly golden and bubbly on each side.
- Lastly, enjoy them with roasted bone marrow, chives and flaky salt!
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
So excited to try this! 💛