I am looking for something to make corn tortillas. How does this work on corn tortillas?
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We make 10 Rotis everyday. This cast iron can only handle for six months and it breaks. So far we bought like four of these. Everything broke after six months. Its heating good and it makes perfect circle roti. You have to use oil to avoid the roti to get stuck to it while pressing.
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I warm the tortillas in the microwave for around 30 seconds (1100 watt microwave). Then warm the tortilla pan a little, spray it with pan spray, arrange the tortillas on the pan, spray a little pan spray on them as well and bake them. Sometimes if I am heavy handed with the pan spray it will turn brown too quickly. I haven't tried spraying oil yet, I would think that it would not turn brown I'm interested in trying it though. My Misto became clogged with vegetable oil build up so I am no longer using it, if someone can tell me how to avoid this problem I will purchase another one. Hope this helps. I warm the tortillas in the microwave for around 30 seconds (1100 watt microwave). Then warm the tortilla pan a little, spray it with pan spray, arrange the tortillas on the pan, spray a little pan spray on them as well and bake them. Sometimes if I am heavy handed with the pan spray it will turn brown too quickly. I haven't tried spraying oil yet, I would think that it would not turn brown I'm interested in trying it though. My Misto became clogged with vegetable oil build up so I am no longer using it, if someone can tell me how to avoid this problem I will purchase another one. Hope this... » Read More I warm the tortillas in the microwave for around 30 seconds (1100 watt microwave). Then warm the tortilla pan a little, spray it with pan spray, arrange the tortillas on the pan, spray a little pan spray on them as well and bake them. Sometimes if I am heavy handed with the pan spray it will turn brown too quickly. I haven't tried spraying oil yet, I would think that it would not turn brown I'm interested in trying it though. My Misto became clogged with vegetable oil build up so I am no longer using it, if someone can tell me how to avoid this problem I will purchase another one. Hope this helps. « Show Less
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It is dried corn kernels ... like you would plant in your fields ..... I have taken a picture and will try to find a place to post it here on the item ... I buy it and vac seal 2 cups to a bag and use to make tortillas ... marvelous ...
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I agree with Ben. I am not sure what recipe everyone is using, but I am fairly certain real tortillas have lard in them. If you still have a problem here is what I did. [I made my dough, I used just what I had around the house, flour, water, salt and lard. I split a ziplock bag apart. I placed one side of the bag on the open press, then placed the little dough ball on the bag, and placed other side of the bag on the dough and closed the press. I pressed the leaver. Masa flour is more coarse, so you might want to add a tablespoon of regular bread flour or all purpose flour to the Masa as this may improve the dough because of the gluten that is in regular wheat flour. Gluten would or could or should ...laughing hold your dough together I would think. I laugh because I am only speaking theoretically and have not tired the Masa with flour. It is just cheap ingredients and well worth the trial, I think to have a good homemade, tortilla less all the additives store bought would have in them. Real tortillas I believe have pork fat or lard in them, so you would need some kind of fat. I don't think you want to use oil as this seems like it would be to liquid. In a pinch I would consider Crisco, but much prefer a natural ingredient like lard as it is a real fat that our body knows how to handle. I have a rule if I cannot get the stuff to melt on hot toast I don't think it is going to flow at body temperature in my blood. Good luck and don't give up.
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i tried making flour tortillas with this press, they turn out to be very small but it works, I perfer rolling flour tortillas out with my rolling pin
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Yes! Made the best tortillas I've ever eaten using a heritage variety corn (Painted Mountain).
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Well, it's like the other responses, this is not used to cook the tortillas. It is. Just used to press them out. Then you put them in a pan to cook them. I use the plastic shopping bags on each side of the press. I love mine. You can really crank them out.
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I've tried regular masa tortillas several times. Power on, power off didn't matter, they still stuck. I tried spraying and greasing with no change. I haven't given up on corn yet, though! As far as flour tortillas it's Awesome! Perfect every time.
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I don't think that the kind of dough matters. All this does is press them, it doesn't bake them. I've used it for flour and corn (no gluten) tortillas. It is a little hard to get the thickness even. If I had to redo my purchase, I would buy one that has the pressure point in the middle not the side. Hope I helped.
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It is good for making tamales, so I expect it would work for chuchitos as well. I used it for tamales this Christmas and it was easy to work with - plus everyone loved the tamales.
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I once tried to use my Corona Corn Mill to grind wheat fine enough to bake a small loaf. It did NOT work. I even tried to re-grind the resultant flour which was too coarse. I ran it through the mill at least three times. It still was not fine enough. I do NOT believe that it would work any better for rice. Sorry, Richard
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Cornbread batter or dough of any kind would not be a good idea. Even watching it carefully it will burn on the outside and be raw inside with no room for the bread/dough to expand. Tortillas would be fine as long as they are well buttered on the side against the iron. However not having tried them they may not seal up the stuffing like a slice of bread.
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I haven't made arepas, but this masa makes wonderful, flavorful corn tortillas. It's my understanding that it can also be used to make papusas and arepas.
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Quite frankly, I rarely use the tortilla maker. I get the same results just heating on a griddle on the stove. I worked at a Mexican restaurant where they had a restaurant grade tortilla griddle which heated tortillas to perfection. I was longing for that same perfect tortilla when I ordered the Tortilla maker. No such luck. A total waste of money. It sits in my pantry unused.
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These pans are meant for baking so you won't get a nice, puffy, crispy golden shell from these pans. I have baked the tortillas dry, brushed oil on them and have sprayed them with pretty much the same results each time. But we prefer the lower calorie/fat from baking them dry.If you are looking for the tortillas to be how restaurants serve taco salads in, you'll need to fry the tortillas and these pans aren't the proper equipment for that. There are metal wire molds available out there for frying tortillas. I'd probably check kitchen stores and restaurant supply companies for them and you'll need a deep fryer, tall pot or even a turkey fryer. And lots of oil. These pans are meant for baking so you won't get a nice, puffy, crispy golden shell from these pans. I have baked the tortillas dry, brushed oil on them and have sprayed them with pretty much the same results each time. But we prefer the lower calorie/fat from baking them dry.If you are looking for the tortillas to be how restaurants serve taco salads in, you'll need to fry the tortillas and these pans aren't the proper equipment for that. There are metal wire molds available out there for frying tortillas. I'd probably check kitchen stores and restaurant... » Read More These pans are meant for baking so you won't get a nice, puffy, crispy golden shell from these pans. I have baked the tortillas dry, brushed oil on them and have sprayed them with pretty much the same results each time. But we prefer the lower calorie/fat from baking them dry.If you are looking for the tortillas to be how restaurants serve taco salads in, you'll need to fry the tortillas and these pans aren't the proper equipment for that. There are metal wire molds available out there for frying tortillas. I'd probably check kitchen stores and restaurant supply companies for them and you'll need a deep fryer, tall pot or even a turkey fryer. And lots of oil. « Show Less
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Dear K. Beene....This is very tricky indeed. The most important thing is the quality of your dough. It has to have a good consistency and that means you have to have the dough very soft indeed. The best and the most ideal way to avoid the tortillas sticking to the plates, either upper or the lower one, is that you make sure that you set the temperature to the MAX and do not lift the upper plate immediately but leave it for at least 20 seconds and then lift the upper plate and having done that you will notice that the tortilla had not stuck to the plate and now the tortilla is ready to be flipped. I hope you will find this suggestion suitable and workable. I did exactly this way and it was okay. Try it and I am sure you will succeed in your efforts. Write to Amazon about your experience after applying this method......farhatullah sharif
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This tortilla warmer is for no larger than standard sized corn tortillas of under 8 inches. Larger tortillas would need to be folded to fit inside. It's a great warmer for corn tortillas.