Here's a recipe I posted on my family blog a few years ago and I'm resurrecting it.
Gluten-free flour tortillas
1 c rice flour
1/3 c corn starch
1/3 c tapioca flour
1/3 c sorghum flour
2 t xanthan gum
1 t baking powder
1/2 t sugar
1 1/4 t salt (probably too much if you're adding salty toppings but really yummy plain)
2 T vegetable or other shortening (I used butter-flavored Crisco b/c it's what I had)
3/4 to 1 c warm water
Combine all of the dry ingredients, then cut in the shortening using a pastry blender.Add the warm water, starting with 3/4 c and mix well.Continue to add water until a soft, cohesive dough is formed. I stopped before it got sticky so it was still a little crumbly but stuck together when I pressed it.This is my secret to rolling out gluten free dough. I have a very large glass cutting board that I dust with corn starch. I sprinkle a little corn starch on top of the dough and then roll with a rolling pin also dusted with corn starch.Cook one at a time on a hot lightly greased or sprayed skillet until the surface bubbles & it has brown flecks.Turn only once, and cook until the second side is slightly browned. This doesn't take very long.For the pan size I had, this made four tortillas, about twice as thick as a wrap tortilla when cooked - more like a thick soft taco tortilla (like a gordita maybe?). They do thicken a bit when they cook b/c of the baking powder. For me, it was hard to get them any thinner and still get them in the pan w/o breaking.The recipe says that these will freeze in a plastic bag for up to three months. I'm not sure they'll last past tonight...
I haven't posted in a while because I found out in December that I have additional food allergies and then I found out shortly thereafter that I'm pregnant with my 5th child. So I really haven't been doing much cooking and baking, but I'm hoping to get back into it now that food actually tastes good again (well, some of it).
Thursday, May 6, 2010
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