New Video! Blue Corn Tortilla Recipe

Hello everyone! Happy Thursday!

Here’s the written recipe for Blue Corn Tortillas.

Corn Tortillas/tortillas de maiz

Yield: 15 tortillas

Things you will need:

Tortilla press, flip spatula, parchment paper or plastic wrap

Ingredients-

1 3/4 cups masa harina mixed with 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons hot tap water

1. Measure out 1 3/4 cup masa harina mix (maseca) into a bowl. Measure 1 cup and 1 tablespoon hot tap water. Mix with your hands until the masa doesn’t stick to your hands. Then cover with plastic or a clean kitchen towel. Let rest for 30 minutes.

2. After 30 minutes is up, roll your dough into 12-15 golf sized balls.

3. Take [2} 4 x 4 inch pieces of parchment and place one piece on top of your tortilla press, along with one ball of dough. Then top that dough ball with the other piece of parchment. Press your tortilla ball. Do this for the rest of your tortilla dough. Once they are all pressed, take a pan, griddle or comal and place it on the stove at a medium to medium-high heat. Then cook your tortillas 30 seconds to one minute per side. Flip and toast the other side. When you’re done cooking tortillas, place them into a clean kitchen towel. Y se acabo! You’re done!

   Enjoy your tortillas as a taco with a protein, vegetable, or cheese. Or tear into fourths and use them to scoop up anything you’re eating. I like to eat them with eggs. Huevos con chorizo is my favorite meal to eat with tortillas.

   This recipe was fun and easy. 

   My Experience-

   This was a learning experience as I’ve only ever used to make flour tortillas. We use tortillas mainly as a vessel. We use tortillas as a taco, to encapsulate our food in a soft, corny shell. I like to tear into fourths and shovel yummy sauces or even egg. I want to make my own fresh masa later on. I heard its a rigorous event. You have to grind the corn on a stone pad called a metate. Think about it as a flat molcajete. And the pin you use to grind the corn, is long and heavy. I look forward to making the fresh masa towards the end of the cookbook.

   To everyone new! Welcome!