anyone ever made their own tortilla wraps?

[lucysmam]

fancy a new challenge since I've finally mastered pastry (taken a LONG time) and, since we had chicken salad wraps for tea I thought I might attempt some for next time

If you do, what recipe do you use please, and are they easy to do?

bumpety bump

They aren't difficult just a bit of a faff (rolling them out is the worst bit IMO)
They also don't keep very well but are truly delicious straight out of the pan.

This recipe looks ok although I use butter instead of lard.

brill thanks Loony, will make some one day this week....butter rather than lard. Might try freezing them, see how they come out

Hope it goes well, let me know if they freeze ok :)

I just use the same recipe as for pizza dough and roll it out thinner.

Yes would work fine, although rolling it out thinner is much easier if you use plain flour & not bread flour.

would bread flour be ok if you didn't have plain? I have plain btw, just curious after the pizza dough comment.

Loony, I'll probably make on Tues or Weds so will report back here some point after then to let you know how they freeze

We usually use 50% strong flour, 50% plain. I might try using more plain next time.

The higher gluten in bread flour is what makes it more stretchy and thus harder to roll out. You can use bread flour fine but the rolling thin will be harder work. For pittas and flat bread I started at 50/50 but now just use plain flour (which has the added bonus of being cheaper)

never made pitta breads either, will master tortillas and then try them too

I make gluten free ones. My trick to get them really thin is to roll them between 2 layers of greaseproof paper. Take top layer off. Lift up bottom layer of paper with tortilla on and put this onto pan tortilla side down. Then take off paper.
Also before rolling I use a heavy pan to press the ball of dough down, it helps the tortilla stay circular ad you roll.

thanks for the tips, best check I've got some greaseproof in the drawer before I start

charming can you share your GF recipe please??

Has anyone here used masa harina rather than wheat flour?

hwhite- I've made them with Glutafin White mix - the recipe I got from glutafins website, and they made big tortillas, similar in size and taste to wheat ones you would buy at the shops
Twinkly- I much prefer to use mass harina to make corn tortillas, they make a smaller, firmer tortilla but they taste so much better than wheat ones and are gluten free- a must in my house.
For corn tortillas I mix 250g Masa Harina with 350ml hot water, combine to a dough then rest for 15 mins.
Split into 10 balls and roll out as I described above.
My corn tortillas always end up a bit mishapen, but taste makes up for that.