My Baby Boy doesn't really like bread. This is a nightmare in a house where the rest of us would happily live on bread, brie and red wine - the latter obviously for the adults ;-). He will eat toast occasionally but his not-fussed-on-bread habit provides me with a lunchtime challenge.
I've been making my own bread for ages now - it is infinitely tastier the shop bought variety - and now I'm in a bread making routine, it's no hassle at all. I ditched my bread maker a long time ago (not a fan of the texture or sweetness) in favour of a largely hand baked variety - ok I do cheat a leeeeetle by doing some of the kneading in my kitchenaid. The
River Cottage bread book has provided a wealth of recipes and advice and my friend Natalie, who is a Bakery student, has been great with troubleshooting. I've even tried sourdough - an absolute must.
This week I came across a section in the book that I had largely ignored - it contained recipes for some things I had baked in the past, like scones and soda bread, and other recipes I had never even considered baking for myself. Here I found the recipe for tortillas. My first reaction was that life is too short to be baking homemade tortillas. My opinion after baking them is that I will never, ever buy a shop bought flour tortilla again.
So easy to make, and so tasty and fresh. The recipe calls for 250g plain flour, 5g salt and 150ml of water which are mixed together and then kneaded - in the kitchenaid in my case. The dough is then rested for half an hour in a bowl covered with clingfilm. After this time the dough is divided into eight balls and then rolled out thinly into circular shapes. Mine weren't that circular to be honest. To cook them you simply heat a dry frying pan and cook on both sides for 30 seconds or so (I did mine for a bit longer). The tortillas can be kept warm in a clean dry tea towel while you cook all eight.
We've had tortillas with various fillings probably every day this week - the Baby Boy in particular is a big fan :-D
