Today I’m revealing my first ever Secret Recipe Club recipe! I am enamored with the idea of this project. Essentially, those of us who have signed up to be in the SRC are assigned another blog at random to cook from and post about. I was so eager to receive my first SRC assignment that I started making recipes from Gorgeous Gourmet almost immediately. I settled on sharing these tortillas with you because they are a fun change from what I usually post about. 
Here are my thoughts on tortillas. First off, never, ever buy tortillas from your grocery store unless there someone sitting there making them by hand and putting them in a paper bag for you to eat immediately. Store bought tortillas are impossibly old by the time you eat them for dinner and not very tasty at all. The best ever store-bought tortillas are sold as un-cooked tortillas. Live near a Costco? You’re in luck! Check in the refrigerator section and pick up a package! Toss half in the freezer and keep the other half in your fridge. Want a fresh tortilla? Just warm a skillet on the stove until a small pat of butter melts and plop in a tortilla. Thirty seconds to a minute later, you have a tasty, fresh, delicious tortilla that you can eat plain, fill with cheese, or use in this amazing tortilla casserole.
There’s only one caveat about the Costco tortillas. They don’t have whole wheat or organic options available. So, if you want amazing, fresh-cooked tortillas that fall into one of those two categories, you will simply have to make them yourself. And Gorgeous Gourmet has a post about how to do exactly that.
I stuck with the original recipe, but I modified the methods. I made the tortilla dough in the food processor because it’s faster, easier, and less messy. I also recommend rolling the tortillas out so that they are fairly transparent. See how you can see the black line through the tortilla in the picture below? Yes, you want it that thin so that when it bubbles….
…like the below picture, it doesn’t get impossibly thick.
I used lard instead of butter in my recipe simply because it was sitting out on the counter already. I think that next time I’d use even more lard or butter. If you’re not on a diet and you plan on making these, try doubling the butter and report back to me!
Adapted from Gorgeous Gourmet
Homemade tortillas in just 15 minutes!
Ingredients
Instructions
- Add the flour and butter to a food processor and turn on. Combine the salt and water in a measuring cup and pour the water over the flour mixture. Process until the dough forms a ball and becomes very soft, about 10 seconds. The dough shouldn't be very sticky, but if it is, add a tiny bit of flour to your hands so you can work with it.
- Pinch of a 2-inch ball of dough and roll it out on a floured surface so that the dough is nearly transparent. Having trouble getting the dough to roll out? Cover it and let it rest for 5 minutes and then try again! This allows the dough to relax so that it will not just snap back when you roll it out.
- Heat a cast iron skillet on the stove over medium heat with a small pat of butter until the butter begins to sizzle. Drop the tortilla into the butter and cook until the top is bubbly, about 30-45 seconds. Flip the tortilla and cook for another 30-45 seconds or until golden on both sides. Remove from the pan.
- Repeat with the remaining dough, working with two inch pieces. Eat these tortillas immediately!
15 responses so far ↓
1 SallyBR // Oct 31, 2011 at 7:55 am
Just found your blog through Secret Recipe, I am a newbie in the club as you! Nice to “meet” so many wonderful bloggers through the club
loved the homemade tortillas, something I’ve been thinking about making for the longest time…
2 Candice Le Noury // Oct 31, 2011 at 7:59 am
Hi there! Yay, you had my blog! So happy you liked the recipe
3 Christine // Oct 31, 2011 at 8:01 am
You’re a lot braver than I am! These look really impressive!
My husband has tried to make corn tortillas from Meseca (Mexican corn flour), but since we didn’t have a tortilla press, they ended up being really small (<5") and quite thick.
4 Double Dipped Life // Oct 31, 2011 at 8:11 am
These look fantastic! It makes the recipe I make look like pita bread! I will have to try these. Oh- thanks so much for the uncooked Costco tip. That sounds great too!
5 Ellen // Oct 31, 2011 at 9:31 am
Hi! I just found you through the secret recipe club. Love your blog! I’m a new follower.
We would love to invite you over to visit our blog and link up to our weekly themed blog hop called Everyday Sisters Sharing Sundays. This week’s theme is SWEET and SAVORY! We hope to see you there. http://everydaysisters.blogspot.com/2011/10/everyday-sisters-sharing-sunday-19.html
Ellen
6 claire @ the realistic nutritionist // Oct 31, 2011 at 11:50 am
BEAUTIFUL JOB!!
7 Rhonda // Oct 31, 2011 at 4:42 pm
Surprise! I’m your secret SRC buddy. It was great checking out your blog and the tortillas, they are on my someday I’m going to list….Yours look beautiful!
8 nicole // Oct 31, 2011 at 7:32 pm
wow you made your own tortillas! very impressive!
9 Rituparna // Nov 1, 2011 at 2:37 am
Those tortillas look really delicious and simple. Very similar to the chapattis we make in India. This should be fun to make & that tortilla casserole is a must try.
10 Jo // Nov 1, 2011 at 12:39 pm
I need to try and make my own tortillas, these look great!
11 Julia // Nov 3, 2011 at 4:48 am
I live near like 10 costcos, it’s pretty much my favorite store, for eeeeeeverything! If they ever start making their muffins w/ ww flour and organic, I’d screwed. I’ll be able to justify up and down, all day long why I NEED one everyday. Homemade tortillas are THE BEST, fo sho!!! Yours look delicious, welcome to the club
12 Jenny @ Savour the Senses // Nov 3, 2011 at 7:38 am
I have been seeing a few recipes for homemade tortillas, I love tortillas so I think this is something worth trying. Welcome to SRC!
13 Kelly // Nov 3, 2011 at 8:54 am
Wow this looks so delicious, what a great recipe for SRC! Love your blog, so glad to be a new follower! xoxo
14 Mindy // Nov 3, 2011 at 1:29 pm
Welcome to the SRC! I’ve always wanted to make my own tortillas, but never have. I think you’ve inspired me.
15 Gitte // Nov 3, 2011 at 1:59 pm
I’ve heard so many good things about homemade flour tortillas, I think I’m gonna have to give it a try one of these days.