You're going to fall head over heels for these Sonoran-style tortillas. You have a soft exterior that's slightly chewy and blissfully buttery. This is your empty canvas for so many options. You can eat them as-is, add butter or bone marrow, meats, cheeses, turn it into a wrap. The sky is the limit with this recipe!
Prep 20 minutesmins
Cook 15 minutesmins
Total 35 minutesmins
Equipment
Bowl
Rolling Pin, or tortilla press
Ingredients
4cupsall purpose flour
⅓cuplard or vegetable shortening+ 2 tbsp
1 ⅛cupboiling water
1tspsalt
Instructions
To a bowl, mix the flour and salt.
Add in lard and mix with your hands, you want it to look kinda like wet sand.
Add 1 cup of hot water and knead. If it feels too dry after a couple minutes add in ⅛ cup of water. Knead until smooth and soft, should be about 5 minutes.
Separate into bolitas the same size and flatten with hand. It should make 20 of them.
Roll them out pretty thin with a rolling pin.
Cook on a preheated comal until slightly golden and bubbly on each side and that is it!