How thin will this machine make flour tortillas?
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It can make them very thin. It all depends on the size of the ball of dough you put in there and the pressure you place on the handle. There is a bit of a learning curve at first, but after a batch or two, I got it down.
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It will have the perfect thickness, however the trick is not to press too hard or they will be too thin. Expect the first couple of tortillas to be less than perfect until you master the press. Just follow the instructions and don't press longer than 4 seconds. Afterwards just cook them on a "cured" cast iron skillet or mexican "comal" by flipping them 3 times till done.
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Not thin enough to make a truly flexible or traditionally thin tortilla. You have to do it by hand to get a really thin tortilla.
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It surely does. It has heat on both non stick plates and you can press to spread and flatten the dough-ball to make the tortillas. Combination of the flour and liquid plays a vital role. I have seen users complain a lot as they are unable to make certain kind of flat breads, but this instrument does not read user's mind to know how the end result should be. So I still believe its an excellent product and can make things for you for example other than flat breads I have made cheese grilled sandwich, eggs, dollar pancakes, etc.. So enjoy it !
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I don't think it's a problem - that's where the tortilla goes... :) Maybe if you wanted super-thin tortillas it might be an issue, but it makes 1-2mm thick ones with no problem.
1299221
I sprinkle flour on the rack, just a little. Enough for it to hold the tortillas but not to much that you taste it.
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I've been able to put up to 30 + homemade tortillas in there with space left over. It depends on how thick they are though.
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According to American's Test Kitchen: "Tortilla presses are only for corn, not flour, tortillas, as the gluten in the wheat flour is too elastic and would not work in a press. Flour tortillas must be shaped with a rolling pin."
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No matter what kind of flour it is... The simple science is when u press , there is no enough pressure build up to make the tortilla/ roti from (dough ball ) still u want to try it .. Try it urself .. If u got succeeded let us know the tenchique too. Beauty of Amazon is ... They have good return policuu
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The 8" tortillas are a perfect fit. The 10" will give you the sealed crusty edge though, probably a 1/2 to 1" hang over. I think I'm using 10" tortillas with a different 8" style maker and it works just fine. The nice thing about using the 10" on this is you can add a few more ingredients and not get as much spillover.
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I would try it for tortillas. I don't think the taste would be a problem, but you may have to work with it to get the texture right.
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It will take some experimenting to get the thickness and diameter you want, but start with a 2oz ladle and see what consistency you get. The spreader that comes with the machine gets the batter spread pretty evenly.
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Pretty thin, but mine literally fell apart after 6 small batches of pasta, which is a similar consistency to polymer clay, so I say "buyer beware", but maybe my model was a fluke. The internal components broke and the rollers would no longer adjust and locked in a loose non parallel line. If you plan to use it repeatedly, paying for the $60-$70 models is my bet. Hope this helps! Kris.
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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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If this tortilla press can't handle it no non-commercial one could. Each side is about 4" thick with a strong hinge. You should be good.
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the pie irons were bought as a gift to someone else, and I haven't heard them say what they have used. Tortillas would probably work great.
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I usually end up with about 8" tortillas. I'm sure if you put a bigger ball of dough you can get a 10". Probably after 2 or 3 times of practice.
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It would be perfect. The thing weighs like 2 lbs. It does get hot but you would be burning your tortillas to a crisp if you kept it on that long.
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Best way to describe it would be if you put like 8 pieces of copy paper one top of one another. This is very thin and flexible. Adds minimum height to anything you are baking.