Flour Tortillas

Not only do they taste much better than store-bought tortillas, but they are extremely cheap to make using only three ingredients, well four, if you count water! The one thing that sets homemade flour tortillas apart from store-bought? The use of lard.

Course Side Dish

Cuisine Mexican

Keyword bacon fat, flour, lard, taco, tortilla

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 10

Servings (6-inch) tortillas.

Calories 120kcal

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon kosher salt
¼ cup pork lard, melted if needed

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

In a large bowl whisk together the flour and salt. Stir in the pork lard and ¾ cup warm water. Turn onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and let the dough rest for 15 minutes.
Divide the dough in half and then each half into 6 equal portions (so you have 12 pieces total). Lightly flour a workspace. Roll each piece of dough into a ball. Working one at a time, roll each piece of dough out into a 6-inch diameter circle.
Heat a large non-stick skillet over medium-high heat, and working one at a time, add a tortilla and cook until lightly browned in spots on both sides, about 1 minute each side. Remove and set aside covered with a paper towel while the remaining tortillas cook.
To reheat the tortillas simply return to the non-stick pan and heat until warmed on both sides.

Nutrition