Mexican chef Elias Silva Resinas shows us how to make the perfect tortillas for making tacos with!
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00:00Hello everyone, my name is Elias, I'm the head chef of Villacanta, and today I'm going to show you how to make tortillas.
00:08We're going to start making the tortillas. So to make the tortillas, we need to mix corn flour.
00:13This kind of corn flour you can find in any store here.
00:17Just going to add a little of that, and a little bit of warm water, just a tiny bit.
00:22And we're going to mix all this that is going to turn out into a masa.
00:27Masa, in Mexico, we use it for everything. We use masa to make tamales, tortillas for the tacos.
00:34It's the primary ingredient in Mexican food.
00:37So we're just going to mix all this. Just mix it with your hands.
00:43We're looking to get kind of like a dry dough, a dry masa, how we call it in Mexico.
00:50Just mix it super well. That's it.
00:54Once you get a kind of like a dry masa that doesn't stick in your hand, it will be ready to go.
01:01So get a wet towel. Just put it on top of your masa while you turn on the pan for the tortillas so the masa doesn't get dry and then they're going to break.
01:11Once the masa is ready, just start making small balls so you can press them after to make the tortillas.
01:19Just make sure whenever you're rolling to make the small balls, put kind of pressure so the tortillas, they're nice and tight.
01:26Just put it back straight in the same bowl as you keep making them.
01:30Just going to use them right after now. Just make small balls.
01:34It depends how big you want your tortillas. If you want them big, make quite a big balls.
01:39If you want small, just make tiny balls. I would recommend you about like 15 grams for a piece of tortilla.
01:46Remember, tortillas are just corn and water so they're gluten free. They're preferred for every occasion.
01:52You can make tacos, you can make quesadillas, you can make millions of things.
01:59We're going to start pressing the tortillas. If you don't have a press, you can just get a rolling pan, some paper, roll it and then just cut it with a cookie cutter.
02:08Depends the size of a tortilla that you're looking for.
02:12Just get a plastic bag like a sandwich bag. Just cut it off, divide it in two.
02:18Get one of your balls. Just put it right in the center. Press a little bit.
02:24Just press a tiny bit. Fold it back again. Press again.
02:48Next step, let's turn on the pan. Medium-high heat.
02:51We're just going to press the tortillas, put them there. 30 seconds on one side, about 45 seconds on the other and then just finish it for 10 seconds.
02:59There's a say in Mexico that if your tortilla pops, you're ready to get married.
03:04Make sure you have a towel where you can keep them warm all the time.
03:09So here you have your tortillas ready to go. You can make tacos, you can make quesadillas, you can make everything, put everything you want on top.
03:19The whole process to make the tortillas, for about four people it will take about 20 minutes.
03:24Just enough for everyone to have two to three tacos.
03:28I wouldn't freeze the tortillas. I will just make them fresh all the time.
03:32So if you freeze them, they will break.
03:34If you freeze them, they will break.
03:35If you freeze them, they will break.
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